The magnetic levitation of cells enables the separation of cell type.
In this system, a whole blood sample is suspended in a paramagnetic medium and introduced into the magnetic levitation platform, where cells are levitated and sorted by their density. The position of the cells is imaged by a camera from a smartphone.
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Preliminary work has shown that some cells from the blood of ME/CFS patients behave differently than controls and when followed over time.