Microfabrication of human organs-on-chips

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2135-2157

  Huh, Dongeun ^a,b   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a   Fraser, Jacob P ^a   Shea, Daniel E ^a   Khan, Mohammed ^a   Bahinski, Anthony ^a   Hamilton, Geraldine A ^a   Ingber, Donald E ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHIP; BIOENGINEERING; BREATHING; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; ORGAN ON CHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84887012341     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.137     Document Type: Article

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