Ground Breaking: Celltray, First Instrument to Display Living Biological Cells

Published: July 29, 2007, 1:50 pm

Tags: celltray, ground breaking, nanopoint

Nanopoint have come up with a genuine scientific breakthrough that is set to revolutionise research and medical diagnosis in a flash. The hype surrounds Nanopoint's cellTRAY, IDSA's 2007 Gold Winner in the medical category, which allows scientists to image living cells on a slide for the very first time. The technology is a standard microscope slide with a twist; it incorporates an incubator to sustain the life of cells encapsulated within it. The viewable area is split into 7, 614 wells, containing a liquid medium. The wells are linked by a micro fluidic channel system that is able to supply nutrients, reagents and remove toxic wastes that build up. In the past biological researchers have relied upon using slides of preserved cells to make inferences about cellular processes. Put plainly, making deductions relied upon studying an 'old photograph' of a system. Comparatively, the cellTRAY will be like making those same deductions using a time-delayed, video transmission. Scientific

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