Measurements on a significant number of cells are required for a statistically meaningful set of data. This is particularly important because only a single sample is typically drawn from patients ...

Figure 1: The Hertz model and alignment of the tip and cell. We showed recently that the prolonged 'poking' of single cells (200 s) can result in the remodelling of the cell cytoskeleton 2 and ...

More information: Xiaoyan Xu et al, AFM-based nanomechanics and machine learning for rapid and non-destructive detection of bacterial viability, Cell Reports Physical Science (2024). DOI ...