Organ-on-a-chip: recent breakthroughs and future prospects

Abstract The organ-on-a-chip (OOAC) is in the list of top 10 emerging technologies and refers to a physiological organ biomimetic system built on a microfluidic chip. Through a combination of cell biology, engineering, and biomaterial technology, the microenvironment of the chip simulates that of th...

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Main Authors: Qirui Wu, Jinfeng Liu, Xiaohong Wang, Lingyan Feng, Jinbo Wu, Xiaoli Zhu, Weijia Wen, Xiuqing Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-020-0752-0