Microfluidic organs-on-chips

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 760-772

  Bhatia, Sangeeta N ^a,b,e   Ingber, Donald E ^c,d,e  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MICROFLUIDICS;

3-D CULTURE SYSTEM; BIOMARKER IDENTIFICATION; MANUFACTURING METHODS; MICROFLUIDIC CELL CULTURE DEVICES; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; MULTI-CELLULAR ARCHITECTURES; TISSUE DEVELOPMENT; VASCULAR PERFUSION;

TISSUE;

ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CACO 2 CELL LINE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; MICROFLUIDICS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CACO-2 CELLS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84905754409     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2989     Document Type: Review

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