| abstract |
The invention relates to a method for measuring the vitality of biological cells, without destroying the latter, in particular for determining apoptosis. According to said method, at least one cell is subjected to high-frequency alternating electric fields, in particular rotating fields and/or impedance test fields and at least one rotation measurement, one dielectrophoresis measurement and/or one impedance measurement is performed on the cell for at least one frequency range or for individual frequencies. At least one measurement parameter, which characterises the state of vitality of the cell, is determined from said measurements. |