Microfluidic devices for cell, tissue and embryo culture

Recent Patents on Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-263

  Ibrahim, Muhammad ^a,b   Richardson, Michael K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Drug evaluation; Embryo culture; Microfluidics; Organ culture; Pre clinical; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; COLLAGEN GEL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FLUOROURACIL; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VALPROIC ACID; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 84888091964     PISSN: 22102965     EISSN: 22102973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/22102965113039990019     Document Type: Review

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