Single Cell Barcode Chip Enables Personalized Immune Function Monitoring (IMAGE)
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A small sample of a patient's blood contains both white and red blood cells (bottom left). The white blood cells are comprised of many different cell types, each of which perform various functions that together represent the activity of the immune system. A thousand or so single immune cells of defined types are captured on the single cell barcode chip (middle left) and their functional behavior read out by recording the levels of a dozen functional, secreted proteins for each captured cell. The resultant information, which is contained in the many barcodes shown in the image at right, provides a rich and detailed view into the status of the patient's immune system.
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Young Shik Shin
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