Clamping strategies for organ-on-a-chip devices

DJ Teixeira Carvalho, L Moroni… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Organ-on-a-chip devices have enabled major breakthroughs in biomedical research, but
they have yet to be successfully translated to the pharmaceutical industry. Traditional …

Organoids and organs-on-chips: insights into predicting the efficacy of systemic treatment in colorectal cancer

J Zhu, L Ji, Y Chen, H Li, M Huang, Z Dai, J Wang… - Cell Death …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer heterogeneity has posed a great challenge to traditional cancer treatment, with the
reappearance of cancer heterogeneity of inter and intra patients being especially critical …

Modeling the human body on microfluidic chips

S Jalili-Firoozinezhad, CC Miranda, JMS Cabral - Trends in biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Animals often fail to faithfully mimic human diseases and drug toxicities, and most in vitro
models are not complex enough to recapitulate human body function and pathophysiology …

Engineering prostate cancer in vitro: what does it take?

A Buskin, E Scott, R Nelson, L Gaughan, CN Robson… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
A key challenge in the clinical management and cause of treatment failure of prostate cancer
(PCa) is its molecular, cellular and clinical heterogeneity. Modelling systems that fully …

Organ-on-a-chip technology for nanoparticle research

S Kang, SE Park, DD Huh - Nano Convergence, 2021 - Springer
The last two decades have witnessed explosive growth in the field of nanoengineering and
nanomedicine. In particular, engineered nanoparticles have garnered great attention due to …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of poly (Ethylene glycol) and lipid structure in targeted gene delivery to lymph nodes by lipid nanoparticles

D Zukancic, EJA Suys, EH Pilkington, A Algarni… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Targeted delivery of nucleic acids to lymph nodes is critical for the development of effective
vaccines and immunotherapies. However, it remains challenging to achieve selective lymph …

May the force be with you (or not): The immune system under microgravity

M ElGindi, J Sapudom, IH Ibrahim, M Al-Sayegh… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
All terrestrial organisms have evolved and adapted to thrive under Earth's gravitational force.
Due to the increase of crewed space flights in recent years, it is vital to understand how the …

Nano-engineered biomaterials: Safety matters and toxicity evaluation

JC Scimeca, E Verron - Materials Today Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanotechnologies have invaded the field of tissue engineering including osteoarticular and
dental tissue, and innovative biomaterials with topographic features engineered at the …

[HTML][HTML] Immunocompetent cancer-on-chip models to assess immuno-oncology therapy

TI Maulana, E Kromidas, L Wallstabe… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
The advances in cancer immunotherapy come with several obstacles, limiting its
widespread use and benefits so far only to a small subset of patients. One of the underlying …

Lymph nodes-on-chip: promising immune platforms for pharmacological and toxicological applications

A Shanti, N Hallfors, GA Petroianu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Organs-on-chip are gaining increasing attention as promising platforms for drug screening
and testing applications. However, lymph nodes-on-chip options remain limited although the …