Single-cell traction-force measurements performed on fluorescently labelled elastomeric surfaces can probe the physiological and pathological behaviour of thousands of cells in a single experiment.
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Resto-Irizarry, A.M., Fu, J. Highly parallel single-cell force cytometry. Nat Biomed Eng 2, 60–61 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-018-0198-x
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