Application of microreactors in medicine and biomedicine

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 137-153

  Šalić, Anita ^a   Tušek, Ana ^b   Zelić, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

biomedicine; lab on chip; medicine; micro total analysis system; microfluidics; microreactors

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; LAB ON A CHIP; MEDICINE; MICRO TOTAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MICROREACTOR; NONHUMAN; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; REACTOR; REACTOR DESIGN; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85026443640     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10136-012-0011-1     Document Type: Review

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