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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 13 - 14 (2008)
Published online: 23 December 2007 | doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.431
Subject Categories: Nanobiotechnology | Nanomagnetism and spintronics
Biotechnology: Remote control of living cells
Christopher S. Chen1
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Christopher S. Chen is in the Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104 USA.
e-mail: chrischen@seas.upenn.edu
Abstract
Cell signalling that is normally biochemically regulated can now be stimulated, with reversible and external control, by attaching magnetic nanoparticles to a cell surface and applying a magnetic field.
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