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Fig. 2.14
The hybrid integrated circuit/microfluidic chip fuses two vesicles
Fig. 2.15
Cell fusion was performed on the integrated circuit/microfluidic chip. Dielectrophoresis
was used to arrange the cells in different configurations (
a
,
b
), and electrofusion and chemical
fusion were used to merge neighboring cells
Cells were fused both stochastically and deterministically-stochastic pairing results
in random cells being fused together, while deterministic pairing ensures that
each
pair contains one cell from both cell lines. Viable fused cells with a mean yield
of 89 % were observed. Figure
2.15
a shows multiple pairs of cells being aligned in
rows and fused, and Fig.
2.15
b shows cells being arranged in a circle for fusion.