Advances in spheroids and organoids on a chip

G Fang, YC Chen, H Lu, D ** - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multicellular spheroids and organoids are promising in vitro 3D models in personalized
medicine and drug screening. They replicate the structural and functional characteristics of …

Beyond polydimethylsiloxane: alternative materials for fabrication of organ-on-a-chip devices and microphysiological systems

SB Campbell, Q Wu, J Yazbeck, C Liu… - ACS biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is the predominant material used for organ-on-a-chip devices
and microphysiological systems (MPSs) due to its ease-of-use, elasticity, optical …

Photoelectrochemical sensors based on paper and their emerging applications in point-of-care testing

Y Wang, Y Rong, T Ma, L Li, X Li, P Zhu, S Zhou… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Point-of-care testing (POCT) technology is urgently required owing to the prevalence of the
Internet of Things and portable electronics. In light of the attractive properties of low …

Engineered in vitro disease models

KH Benam, S Dauth, B Hassell… - Annual Review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The ultimate goal of most biomedical research is to gain greater insight into mechanisms of
human disease or to develop new and improved therapies or diagnostics. Although great …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic platforms for cell cultures and investigations

ML Coluccio, G Perozziello, N Malara, E Parrotta… - Microelectronic …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review covers several aspects of microfluidic devices used for culturing and monitoring
of both adherent and non-adherent cells, including a multitude of applications. A comparison …

The need for complex 3D culture models to unravel novel pathways and identify accurate biomarkers in breast cancer

B Weigelt, CM Ghajar, MJ Bissell - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The recent cataloging of the genomic aberrations in breast cancer has revealed the diversity
and complexity of the disease at the genetic level. To unravel the functional consequences …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced cell culture techniques for cancer drug discovery

CJ Lovitt, TB Shelper, VM Avery - Biology, 2014 - mdpi.com
Human cancer cell lines are an integral part of drug discovery practices. However, modeling
the complexity of cancer utilizing these cell lines on standard plastic substrata, does not …

3D scaffolds in breast cancer research

G Rijal, W Li - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Breast tumors grow in a tissue microenvironment containing extracellular matrix (ECM),
adipocytes, stromal cells, fluids, and blood vessels. This natural yet complex …

A versatile 3D tissue matrix scaffold system for tumor modeling and drug screening

G Rijal, W Li - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
Most of the anticancer drug candidates entering preclinical trials fail to be approved for
clinical applications. The following are among the main causes of these failures: studying …

Aptamer-based fluorescent and visual biosensor for multiplexed monitoring of cancer cells in microfluidic paper-based analytical devices

L Liang, M Su, L Li, F Lan, G Yang, S Ge, J Yu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, we report a rapid, facile, portable, disposable and low-cost fluorescence and
visual method for multiplexed monitoring of cancer cells using graphene oxide (GO)-based …