New technology consistently identifies proteins from a dozen cells
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
When working to unlock a cell's secrets, collecting and delivering the samples for analysis was a path of loss. Each transfer resulted in fewer cells to study. Detailed analysis of proteins, a vital part of how cells work, has only been possible with samples of thousands to millions of cells. Now scientists have developed a robotically controlled processing platform that dramatically enhances the analysis while reducing the number of cells needed by more than two orders of magnitude.