Opportunities and limits of cell-based assay miniaturization in drug discovery

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 673-679

  Carstens, Cornelia ^a   Elbracht, Rudi ^a   Gärtner, Claudia ^a   Becker, Holger ^a  

^a MICROFLUIDIC CHIPSHOP GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assay development; Drug discovery; Microfluidic chip; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; ELECTRONICS; FLUID FLOW; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77953700164     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2010.488264     Document Type: Review

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