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Micromachines for Biological Micromanipulation

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Cell microinjection plays an important role in genetics, transgenics, molecular biology, drug discovery, reproductive studies, and other biomedical fields. Robotic cell microinjection has been popularly applied due to its high precision, high repeatability, and high throughput. In this chapter, the state-of-the-art research on microinjection of both adherent cells and suspended cells with microforce-sensing techniques is reviewed. The challenges and promising methods in automating the cell microinjection process are discussed.

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Xu, Q. (2018). Review of Microinjection Systems. In: Micromachines for Biological Micromanipulation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74621-0_2

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