Magnetic sorting using magnetic beads has become a routine methodology for the separation of key cell populations from biological specimens. Due to the inherent ability of magnets to provide forces at a distance, magnetic cell manipulation is now a standardized step in numerous processes in tissue engineering, medicine, and in fundamental biological research.
The majority of cell separations currently performed for clinical cell therapy and regenerative medicine use cells isolated from bone marrow and blood. The isolated specific cell population are used as a treatment product. Isolated cells are propagated or undergo different manipulations and propagate thereafter. The propagated cells are used massively these days in clinical trials and as treatments of different diseases.