Empowering drug discovery by evaluating antivirals in thousands of single cells

A new enhancement to a lab-on-a-chip device allows researchers to simultaneously observe thousands of individual cells that are infected with a virus, providing important information about infection dynamics not available using traditional methods.

An enhanced microfluidic device allows researchers to simultaneously observe thousands of individual cells that are infected with virus. This close-up of the device shows 18 wells, each containing a single cell.  IMAGE: CAMERON LAB, PENN STATE