Microfluidic devices for automation of assays on Drosophila Melanogaster for applications in drug discovery and biological studies

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 822-836

  Ghaemi, Reza ^a   Selvaganapathy, Ponnambalam R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Drug discovery; High throughput screening; Microfluidics; Model organism

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CELL SORTER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG RESEARCH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROINJECTION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LAB ON A CHIP;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES;

EID: 84975722390     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389201017666160519112506     Document Type: Review

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