title: Mechanics meets medicine.
abstract: A new high-throughput measurement technique moves mechanical phenotyping of cells in malignant pleural effusions closer to the clinic (Tse et al., this issue).
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 47/49, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guck
authors.forename: Edwin R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Chilvers
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor