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Wireless Microgrippers Grab Living Cells in ‘Biopsy’ Tests

January 14, 2009
In experiments that pave the way for tiny mobile surgical tools activated by heat or chemicals, Johns Hopkins researchers have invented dust-particle-size devices that can be used to grab and remove living cells from hard-to-reach places without the need for electrical wires, tubes or batteries.
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