Hypersonic Levitation Spinning Speeds Cell Isolation

Many of the most devastating illnesses are like black boxes to science. Most cancer deaths, for example, are caused by strain from the disease spreading throughout the body, fueled by the few tumor cells able to survive the travel to different body parts and form new growths. But biologists know relatively little about how these aggressive cells function, which hinders knowledge of cancer progression and resistance.

Oncology isn’t the only field in pursuit of valuable information about single rare…