The present and future role of microfluidics in biomedical research

Nature

Volumn 507, Issue 7491, 2014, Pages 181-189

  Sackmann, Eric K ^a   Fulton, Anna L ^b   Beebe, David J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIMETICONE; ELASTOMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYCARBONATE; POLYSTYRENE; SILICON;

FLUID; FUTURE PROSPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CHEMOTAXIS ASSAY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG INDUSTRY; ELASTICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LAB ON A CHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPIPETTE; MICROSCOPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCE; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BODY FLUIDS; CELL MIGRATION ASSAYS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84896284039     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13118     Document Type: Review

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