ROCHESTER, NY--(Marketwire - October 31, 2007) - CellTraffix researchers have moved closer to a working model of a new device to selectively isolate and target cells such as stem cells or cancer cells from adult bone marrow or the blood stream. These findings were reported in an article entitled, "Investigating the Feasibility of Stem Cell Enrichment Mediated by Immobilized Selectins," in the October 31, 2007 issue of BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS (http://pubs.acs.org/journals/bipret/index.html). Utilizing small diameter tubes coated on the inside with selectin, a protein to which the targeted cells adhere, this technique would represent a significant advance over current cell collection methods that are more time consuming and often have adverse effects on the target cell population.
