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October 16, 2025Open Access

Numerical study of the size-based, shear-induced separation of circulating tumour cells from white blood cells in liquid biopsies

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BOBenjamin OwenTKTimm KrügerIPIan Papautsky

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Overview

Numerical simulations reveal enhanced WBC migration dynamics in liquid biopsies, suggesting new separation strategies.

Key Points

  • The presence of circulating tumour cells significantly enhances white blood cell migration dynamics.
  • Results from 3D lattice-Boltzmann simulations confirm intercellular hydrodynamic interactions in separation systems.
  • Optimizing channel geometry is essential to improve the purity of rare cell isolation from liquid biopsies.
  • Inertial microfluidics offers a high-throughput, label-free method to effectively separate circulating tumour cells.

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Owen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f04935e559138a1a06e2dbhttps://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.13.681808
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