METHODS FOR SEGREGATING PARTICLES USING AN APPARATUS WITH A SIZE-DISCRIMINATING SEPARATION ELEMENT HAVING AN ELONGATE LEADING EDGE

摘要

The invention relates to segregating a first population of cells selected from circulating tumor cells and circulating endothelial cells from blood cells in a fluid sample, e.g. a human blood sample, on the basis of the inability of the first population of cells to traverse a segregating step of a device for this purpose.