Novel pumping methods for microfluidic devices: a comprehensive review

AP Iakovlev, AS Erofeev, PV Gorelkin - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review is an account of methods that use various strategies to control microfluidic flow
control with high accuracy. The reviewed systems are divided into two large groups based …

Microfluidic organoids-on-a-chip: Quantum leap in cancer research

F Duzagac, G Saorin, L Memeo, V Canzonieri… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Organoids, also known as self-organized 3D organ-like clusters, represent
almost a physiological system for studying cells, stem cells, tissues, and diseases, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Application of microfluidic technology based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering in cancer biomarker detection: A review

C Nie, I Shaw, C Chen - Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
With the continuous discovery and research of predictive cancer-related biomarkers, liquid
biopsy shows great potential in cancer diagnosis. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering …

Passive micropumping in microfluidics for point-of-care testing

L Xu, A Wang, X Li, KW Oh - Biomicrofluidics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Suitable micropumping methods for flow control represent a major technical hurdle in the
development of microfluidic systems for point-of-care testing (POCT). Passive micropumping …

Multi-level magnetic microrobot delivery strategy within a hierarchical vascularized organ-on-a-chip

K Lu, C Zhou, Z Li, Y Liu, F Wang, L Xuan, X Wang - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted microrobotic delivery within the circulatory system holds significant potential for
medical theranostic applications. Existing delivery strategies of microrobots encounter …

Hierarchical vessel network-supported tumor model-on-a-chip constructed by induced spontaneous anastomosis

Y Zhou, Y Wu, R Paul, X Qin, Y Liu - ACS applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The vascular system in living tissues is a highly organized system that consists of vessels
with various diameters for nutrient delivery and waste transport. In recent years, many vessel …

The vascular niche in next generation microphysiological systems

ML Ewald, YH Chen, AP Lee, CCW Hughes - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, microphysiological system (MPS, also known as, organ-on-a-chip or tissue
chip) platforms have emerged with great promise to improve the predictive capacity of …

Low-cost rapid prototyping and assembly of an open microfluidic device for a 3D vascularized organ-on-a-chip

Q Li, K Niu, D Wang, L Xuan, X Wang - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Reconstruction of 3D vascularized microtissues within microfabricated devices has rapidly
developed in biomedical engineering, which can better mimic the tissue microphysiological …

A portable plug-and-play syringe pump using passive valves for microfluidic applications

X Zhang, K Xia, A Ji - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020 - Elsevier
Portable and autonomous pumps are in critical demand for low-cost point-of-care testing
(POCT) applications in microfluidic fields. In microfluidic laboratories, commercial pumps …

Travelling ultrasound promotes vasculogenesis of three‐dimensional‐monocultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells

C Imashiro, T Azuma, S Itai, T Kuribara… - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To generate three‐dimensional tissue in vitro, promoting vasculogenesis in cell aggregates
is an important factor. Here, we found that ultrasound promoted vasculogenesis of human …