Microfluidic technology for the generation of cell spheroids and their applications

Micromachines

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Vadivelu, Raja K ^a   Kamble, Harshad ^a   Shiddiky, Muhammad J A ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BioMEMS; Cell spheroids; Microfluidics; Three dimensional cell culture; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMEMS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; DIAGNOSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL SPHEROIDS; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2-D) MODELING;

CELL ENGINEERING;

EID: 85017393117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi8040094     Document Type: Review

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