Microfluidic organ/body-on-a-chip devices at the convergence of biology and microengineering

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 31142-31170

  Perestrelo, Ana Rubina ^a   Águas, Ana C P ^b   Rainer, Alberto ^c   Forte, Giancarlo ^a,d  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

BioMEMs; Body on a chip; Microfluidics; Organ on a chip; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMEMS; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; BODY-ON-A-CHIP; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MICRO-ENGINEERING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC-BASED; ORGAN-ON-A-CHIP; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MICE; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84949883901     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151229848     Document Type: Review

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