简介：Wedescribeanoveltechnique,lowsurfaceenergyGasExpansionMolding(GEM),tofabricatemicrobubblearraysinpolydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)whichareincorporatedintoparallelplateflowchambersandtestedincellsortingandmicrocellcultureapplications.Thisarchitectureconfersseveraloperationaladvantagesthatdistinguishthistechnologyapproachfromcurrentlyusedmethods.HereinwedescribetheGEMprocessandtheparametersthatareusedtocontrolmicrobubbleformationandaVacuum-AssistedCoating(VAC)processdevelopedtoselectivelyandspatiallyalterthePDMSsurfacechemistryinthewellsandonthemicrochannelsurface.WedescriberesultsfrommicroflowimagevisualizationstudiesconductedtoinvestigatefluidstreamsaboveandwithinmicrobubblewellsandconcludewithadiscussionofcellculturestudiesinPDMS.

简介：来自哈尔滨医科大学附属第一临床医学院与上海交通大学医学院附属瑞金医学院的2个研究团队在白血病研究方面同时取得新的进展，相关成果文章分别发表在《Blood》和《CancerCell》上。