A microfluidic transistor for automatic control of liquids.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Historique:
received: 15 03 2022
accepted: 04 08 2023
medline: 27 10 2023
pubmed: 26 10 2023
entrez: 25 10 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Microfluidics have enabled notable advances in molecular biology

Identifiants

pubmed: 37880436
doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06517-3
pii: 10.1038/s41586-023-06517-3
pmc: PMC10600001
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

735-741

Subventions

Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R01 CA260304
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : T32 GM007753
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : U01 CA214297
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R01 CA255602
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R21 CA260989
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Kaustav A Gopinathan (KA)

BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Avanish Mishra (A)

BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Baris R Mutlu (BR)

BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Jon F Edd (JF)

BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Mehmet Toner (M)

BioMEMS Resource Center, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. mtoner@mgh.harvard.edu.
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. mtoner@mgh.harvard.edu.
Shriners Children's, Boston, MA, USA. mtoner@mgh.harvard.edu.

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