Is it time for reviewer 3 to request human organ chip experiments instead of animal validation studies?

DE Ingber - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
For the past century, experimental data obtained from animal studies have been required by
reviewers of scientific articles and grant applications to validate the physiological relevance …

Breakthroughs and applications of organ-on-a-chip technology

MC Koyilot, P Natarajan, CR Hunt, S Sivarajkumar… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Organ-on-a-chip (OOAC) is an emerging technology based on microfluid platforms and in
vitro cell culture that has a promising future in the healthcare industry. The numerous …

Mechanical stimulation: a crucial element of organ-on-chip models

CL Thompson, S Fu, HK Heywood… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Organ-on-chip (OOC) systems recapitulate key biological processes and responses in vitro
exhibited by cells, tissues, and organs in vivo. Accordingly, these models of both health and …

Integrating biosensors in organs-on-chip devices: A perspective on current strategies to monitor microphysiological systems

E Ferrari, C Palma, S Vesentini, P Occhetta, M Rasponi - Biosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Organs-on-chip (OoC), often referred to as microphysiological systems (MPS), are advanced
in vitro tools able to replicate essential functions of human organs. Owing to their …

Organ-on-a-chip engineering: Toward bridging the gap between lab and industry

Q Ramadan, M Zourob - Biomicrofluidics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A human liver organoid screening platform for DILI risk prediction

CJ Zhang, SR Meyer, MJ O'Meara, S Huang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Drug-induced liver injury (DILI), both intrinsic and idiosyncratic, causes
frequent morbidity, mortality, clinical trial failures and post-approval withdrawal. This …

Three-dimensional cell cultures: the bridge between in vitro and in vivo models

O Urzì, R Gasparro, E Costanzo, A De Luca… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although historically, the traditional bidimensional in vitro cell system has been widely used
in research, providing much fundamental information regarding cellular functions and …

Bone-on-a-chip platforms and integrated biosensors: Towards advanced in vitro bone models with real-time biosensing

Y Zhang, T Yu, J Ding, Z Li - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023 - Elsevier
Bone diseases, such as osteoporosis and bone defects, often lead to structural and
functional deformities of the patient's body. Understanding the complicated pathophysiology …

Human organ-on-a-chip microphysiological systems to model musculoskeletal pathologies and accelerate therapeutic discovery

RE Ajalik, RG Alenchery, JS Cognetti… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human Microphysiological Systems (hMPS), otherwise known as organ-and tissue-on-a-
chip models, are an emerging technology with the potential to replace in vivo animal studies …

Bone-on-a-chip: biomimetic models based on microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications

MK Kim, K Paek, SM Woo, JA Kim - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the increasing importance of preclinical evaluation of newly developed drugs or
treatments, in vitro organ or disease models are necessary. Although various organ-specific …