A guide to the organ-on-a-chip

CM Leung, P De Haan… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Organs-on-chips (OoCs) are systems containing engineered or natural miniature
tissues grown inside microfluidic chips. To better mimic human physiology, the chips are …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal organization of the genome: Current state and future aims of the 4D nucleome project

J Dekker, F Alber, S Aufmkolk, BJ Beliveau… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
The four-dimensional nucleome (4DN) consortium studies the architecture of the genome
and the nucleus in space and time. We summarize progress by the consortium and highlight …

Self-organizing 3D human trunk neuromuscular organoids

JMF Martins, C Fischer, A Urzi, R Vidal, S Kunz… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neuromuscular networks assemble during early human embryonic development and are
essential for the control of body movement. Previous neuromuscular junction modeling …

Modeling sporadic Alzheimer's disease in human brain organoids under serum exposure

X Chen, G Sun, E Tian, M Zhang, H Davtyan… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with no cure. Huge
efforts have been made to develop anti‐AD drugs in the past decades. However, all drug …

In-vivo programmable acoustic manipulation of genetically engineered bacteria

Y Yang, Y Yang, D Liu, Y Wang, M Lu, Q Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Acoustic tweezers can control target movement through the momentum interaction between
an acoustic wave and an object. This technology has advantages over optical tweezers for …

[HTML][HTML] Longevity leap: mind the healthspan gap

A Garmany, S Yamada, A Terzic - NPJ Regenerative Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Life expectancy has increased by three decades since the mid-twentieth century. Parallel
healthspan expansion has however not followed, largely impeded by the pandemic of …

Strategies to reduce the risks of mRNA drug and vaccine toxicity

D Bitounis, E Jacquinet, MA Rogers… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA formulated with lipid nanoparticles is a transformative technology that has
enabled the rapid development and administration of billions of coronavirus disease 2019 …

Advances in engineering human tissue models

CM Moysidou, C Barberio, RM Owens - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Research in cell biology greatly relies on cell-based in vitro assays and models that facilitate
the investigation and understanding of specific biological events and processes under …

Global trends in clinical trials involving pluripotent stem cells: a systematic multi-database analysis

J Deinsberger, D Reisinger, B Weber - NPJ Regenerative medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) hold great potential for novel therapeutic approaches to
regenerate or replace functionally impaired tissues. Since the introduction of the induced …

CRISPR modeling and correction of cardiovascular disease

N Liu, EN Olson - Circulation research, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the
developed world. In recent decades, extraordinary effort has been devoted to defining the …