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Recent advances in nanobiotechnology and high-throughput molecular techniques for systems biomedicine

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Nanotechnology-based tools are beginning to emerge as promising platforms for quantitative high-throughput analysis of live cells and tissues. Despite unprecedented progress made over the last decade, a challenge still lies in integrating emerging nanotechnology-based tools into macroscopic biomedical apparatuses for practical purposes in biomedical sciences. In this review, we discuss the recent advances and limitations in the analysis and control of mechanical, biochemical, fluidic, and optical interactions in the interface areas of nanotechnologybased materials and living cells in both in vitro and in vivo settings.

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Eung-Sam Kim & Deok-Ho Kim

  2. Department of Medical System Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 500-712, Korea

    Eung-Sam Kim & Euiheon Chung

  3. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Eun Hyun Ahn

  4. Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA

    Eun Hyun Ahn & Deok-Ho Kim

  5. School of Mechatronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 500-712, Korea

    Euiheon Chung

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    Deok-Ho Kim

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Kim, ES., Ahn, E.H., Chung, E. et al. Recent advances in nanobiotechnology and high-throughput molecular techniques for systems biomedicine. Mol Cells 36, 477–484 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10059-013-0304-6

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