Hydro gel-based microfluidic systems for co-culture of cells

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4848-4851

  Chen, Michael C W ^a   Gupta, Madhuja ^b   Cheung, Karen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CELLS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS;

ALGINATE HYDROGELS; CELL CULTURE METHODS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HUMAN FETAL LUNG FIBROBLAST; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; REVERSIBLE IMMOBILIZATION;

CYTOLOGY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LIVER CELL; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61849083041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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