Methods and apparatus for parallel magnetic biological analysis and manipulation

摘要

The invention relates to a new method for conducting parallel manipulations of biological entities with emphasis on measurements of binding strengths between, or elastic strengths of, various biological molecules. In particular, the invention involves the generation and use of high magnetic fields and in particular high magnetic field gradients over extended areas using electromagnetic or permanent magnets in one- or two-dimensional grids, which can be used to measure simultaneously multiple binding interactions. The binding interactions may all be the same or may each be different from the others.