Building with cells

@article{Voldman2003BuildingWC,
  title={Building with cells},
  author={Joel Voldman},
  journal={Nature Materials},
  year={2003},
  volume={2},
  pages={433-434}
}
  • J. Voldman
  • Published 1 July 2003
  • Biology
  • Nature Materials
New ways to interact with biological cells in vitro offer greater levels of control over their location and milieu — much as they would experience in real tissues in vivo. Such microscale control reveals new insights into their biology and may lead to new technologies. 
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Evolution of Biochip Technology: A Review from Lab-on-a-Chip to Organ-on-a-Chip
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High-Sensitivity in Dielectrophoresis Separations
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Microsystems for controlled genetic perturbation of live Drosophila embryos: RNA interference, development robustness and drug screening
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A bio-compatible microfluidic device that automatically positions live embryos within a fluid-filled imaging channel and exposes embryos to constant or biphasic temperature or different drug concentrations is designed and it is demonstrated that a thermal gradient applied across live Drosophila embryos results in asynchronous cellularization.
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The results validate PEM microstructured devices, to a greater extent for (PAH/PSS)5‐coated microgrooves, as biocompatible and innovative tools for tissue engineering applications and molecular dissection of events controlling C2C12 skeletal muscle regeneration without switching to their optimal differentiative culture media in vitro.
Nanoparticle-assisted micropatterning of active proteins on solid substrate.
The Patterning and Alignment of Muscle Cells Using the Selective Adhesion of Poly(oligoethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate)‐based ABA Block Copolymers
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The selective adhesion/delamination behavior of poly(oligoethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate)-based ABA block copolymers is exploited to generate patterned substrates consisting of alternating lanes of glass and copolymer-coated gold, forming a promising 2D in-vitro model for muscles.
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