Tailoring biomaterials for biomimetic organs-on-chips

L Sun, F Bian, D Xu, Y Luo, Y Wang, Y Zhao - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Organs-on-chips are microengineered microfluidic living cell culture devices with
continuously perfused chambers penetrating to cells. By mimicking the biological features of …

Blood–brain barrier (BBB)-on-a-chip: a promising breakthrough in brain disease research

B Peng, S Hao, Z Tong, H Bai, S Pan, KL Lim, L Li… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) represents a key challenge in developing brain-penetrating
therapeutic molecules. BBB dysfunction is also associated with the onset and progression of …

Revolutionizing drug development: harnessing the potential of organ-on-chip technology for disease modeling and drug discovery

N Sunildutt, P Parihar… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The inefficiency of existing animal models to precisely predict human pharmacological
effects is the root reason for drug development failure. Microphysiological system/organ-on …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in AI-assisted biochip technology for biomedicine

DR Solovchuk - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
The integration of biochips with AI opened up new possibilities and is expected to
revolutionize smart healthcare tools within the next five years. The combination of …

Current advances in 3D dynamic cell culture systems

X Huang, Z Huang, W Gao, W Gao, R He, Y Li… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
The traditional two-dimensional (2D) cell culture methods have a long history of mimicking in
vivo cell growth. However, these methods cannot fully represent physiological conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Organ-on-a-chip microengineering for bio-mimicking disease models and revolutionizing drug discovery

T Ahmed - Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 2022 - Elsevier
The core of the drug research and screening processes is predicting the effect of drugs prior
to human clinical trials. Due to the 2D cell culture and animal models' poor predictability, the …

Human brain organoids-on-chip: Advances, challenges, and perspectives for preclinical applications

H Castiglione, PA Vigneron, C Baquerre, F Yates… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is an urgent need for predictive in vitro models to improve disease modeling and drug
target identification and validation, especially for neurological disorders. Cerebral …

3D printing of functional bioengineered constructs for neural regeneration: A review

H Zhu, C Yao, B Wei, C Xu, X Huang… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract 3D printing technology has opened a new paradigm to controllably and
reproducibly fabricate bioengineered neural constructs for potential applications in repairing …

Modeling Neurodegenerative Diseases Using In Vitro Compartmentalized Microfluidic Devices

L Miny, BGC Maisonneuve, I Quadrio… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The human brain is a complex organ composed of many different types of cells
interconnected to create an organized system able to efficiently process information …

Rich dynamics and functional organization on topographically designed neuronal networks in vitro

M Montalà-Flaquer, CF López-León, D Tornero… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Neuronal cultures are a prominent experimental tool to understand complex functional
organization in neuronal assemblies. However, neurons grown on flat surfaces exhibit a …