An Overview on Bioelectronic and Biosensoric Microstructures Supporting High-Content Screening in Cell Cultures

Drug Testing in vitro: Breakthroughs and Trends in Cell Culture Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 79-101

  Robitzki, Andrea A ^a   Rothermel, Andrée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioelectronic microstructures; Biosensoric microstructures; Cell culture technology; Drug testing; High content screening in cell cultures; Microelectrode based techniques; Microfabrication techniques; Miniaturized chip components; Screening for cost effective drug testing and discovery; Screening for safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859960126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527609611.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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