A high-throughput device for patterned differentiation of embryoid bodies

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 623-630

  He, Xiaoming ^a,b   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a,b,c   Fujii, Teruo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryoid body (EB); Highthroughput analysis; iPS cells; Microfluidic device; Patterned differentiation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; MICROFLUIDICS; STEM CELLS;

CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHOD; DIFFERENTIATION AND PROLIFERATIONS; EMBRYOID BODY; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS; IPS CELLS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84881593333     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2013.p0623     Document Type: Article

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