Background Air pollution is killing close to 5 million people a year, and harming billions
more. Air pollution levels remain extremely high in many parts of the world, and air pollution …

Microphysiological systems (MPS, also known as “organ-on-a-chip”,“body-on-a-chip”, or
“human-on-a-chip”) have emerged over the last 15 years as attractive systems to probe …

Cell therapies for the treatment of skin disorders could benefit from simple, safe and efficient
technology for the transdermal delivery of therapeutic cells. Conventional cell delivery by …

Skin tissue engineering and regeneration aim at repairing defective skin injuries and
progress in wound healing. Until now, even though several developments are made in this …

Animal testing has long been used in science to study complex biological phenomena that
cannot be investigated using two-dimensional cell cultures in plastic dishes. With time, it …

The skin serves as an important barrier protecting the body from physical, chemical and
pathogenic hazards as well as regulating the bi-directional transport of water, ions and …

Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) is a very ambitious emerging technology with a high potential to
revolutionize many medical and industrial sectors, particularly in preclinical-to-clinical …

Skin wound healing is essential to health and survival. Consequently, high amounts of
research effort have been put into investigating the cellular and molecular components …

The skin serves a substantial number of physiological purposes and is exposed to
numerous biological and chemical agents owing to its large surface area and accessibility …

The call for a paradigm change in toxicology from the United States National Research
Council in 2007 initiates awareness for the invention and use of human‐relevant alternative …