Microfluidics chip

Microfluidics turns 3D cell cultures into physiological systems, thus body-on-a-chip technology.  As one authority put it: “you could put liver microtissue in one well in a row of pancreatic islet microtissues to create a miniature metabolic system. Then use this system to investigate how insulin secreted from islets influences the longevity of liver cells, when stimulated by glucose.”   Note in this piece a link under “Earle, 1948,” that leads to an excellent “History of Cell Culture.”   MORE

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