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Dec. 15th, 2004 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingJapanese scientists practice surgery on a single cell using a needle with a 300 um diameter
(the needle is in yellow)
"To the best of our knowledge, the results demonstrated for the first time that solid material was inserted into a nucleus of such a small living cell with highly accurate positioning," the team writes in Nano-Letters.
The researchers say the technique could provide a versatile apparatus for surgery on living cells.
"We can inject metabolic inhibitors into cells through a nano-needle allowing it to be accepted by the cell's metabolic pathways," said Dr Nakamura, "This cell surgery allows us to modify the cell's functions."
(the needle is in yellow)
"To the best of our knowledge, the results demonstrated for the first time that solid material was inserted into a nucleus of such a small living cell with highly accurate positioning," the team writes in Nano-Letters.
The researchers say the technique could provide a versatile apparatus for surgery on living cells.
"We can inject metabolic inhibitors into cells through a nano-needle allowing it to be accepted by the cell's metabolic pathways," said Dr Nakamura, "This cell surgery allows us to modify the cell's functions."