Cell Culture Platforms and Microphysiological Systems
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2021) | Viewed by 13971
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The field of biomimetics combines engineering, chemistry, and biology to create systems that mimic biological environments. In-vitro models that integrate those biomimetic properties to in vitro culture platforms are usually referred to as microphysiological systems. However, they go by other names as well, like organ-on-a-chip, integrated cellular systems, or biomimetic microsystems. A commonly accepted definition of an organ-on-a-chip is a system that integrates three characteristics: co-culture, 3D, and microfluidics. These cell culture models and their associated techniques have the potential to improve disease modeling, pathogeneses understanding, and treatment.
In this Special Issue, we are inviting researchers to present their reviews and original paper investigations describing current developments and findings in the field of 2D and 3D biomimetic cell culture platforms. From system evaluation (e.g., reproducibility of experiments, system robustness, in vivo comparison benchmarks, etc.) to advances in translational fields like tissue regeneration, tumor progression, drug discovery and evaluation, and others, all original articles, reviews, protocols and short reports are welcome to be submitted.
Dr. Andres Rubiano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Microphysiological system
- Biomimetic
- Organ-on-a-chip
- 3D cell-culture
- In-vitro model
- Microfluidics
- Soft substrates
- Drug screening
- Toxicity testing
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