Biomicrofluidic Systems for Diagnostics and Clinical Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 June 2022) | Viewed by 4195
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microfluidics; bioMEMS/NEMS; in vitro diagnostics; lab-on-a-chip; medical devices; optical biosensors; super-resolution imaging; soft lithography; micropatterning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions to this Special Issue on “Biomicrofluidic Systems for Diagnostics and Clinical Applications”.
Biomicrofluidics is a burgeoning field of research with a growing number of academic research groups, a plethora of startup companies developing niche products, and an ever-expanding market share in the biomedical industry. Recent trends in diagnostics and clinical care call for novel micro and nanoscale technologies addressing unmet needs in human health. For instance, personalized medicine entails a spectrum of new approaches which facilitate point-of-care diagnostics and wearable sensor technologies. Biomicrofluidic systems will play a vital role in addressing some of these challenges and help to shift the paradigm in many biomedical and clinical applications.
In this Special Issue, we invite submissions exploring cutting-edge research and recent advances on biomicrofluidic systems for diagnostics and clinical applications. We welcome submissions for original research articles and review articles on topics including but not limited to in vitro diagnostics, point-of-care testing, cell trapping, manipulation and separation methods, microfluidic biosensors based on optical, electrical, acoustical and magnetic transduction mechanisms, and organ-on-chips. Applications include well-established ones, such as infectious disease diagnostics, blood chemistry, monitoring of cardiac and cancer markers, cell sorting, and fertility, as well as emerging ones, such as drug development and testing, immunoengineering, and cryopreservation.
Dr. Melikhan Tanyeri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Biomicrofluidics
- Lab-on-a-chip
- Organ-on-a-chip
- In vitro diagnostics
- Point-of-care testing
- bioMEMS
- Paper microfluidics
- Cell trapping, sorting
- Drug delivery
- Tissue engineering
- Omics analysis
- Drug discovery/development
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