Sentences with word «microdevice»

Researchers have come up with many clever concepts for microdevices that could perform fine surgery or assemble tiny electronics.

«3 - D axon assemblies pave the way for drug discovery: Scientists report a new microdevice that prepares axon fascicles in the lab like those seen in the brain.»

But because Gimzewski's propellers are so small — too small, in fact, to be added to any existing microdevice — newer, even smaller machines may have to be built around the propellers, molecule by molecule.

He added, «The Poon lab has solved a significant piece of the puzzle for safely powering implantable microdevices, paving the way for new innovation in this field.»

In mechanical microdevices, this method of transport moves fluids without a separate pump - saving precious space in lab - on - a-chip and futuristic organ - on - a-chip devices — but this transport method is difficult to finely control.

Researchers at RTI International, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have developed a new lung - on - chip microdevice for laboratory studies of respiratory challenges and therapeutics.

This biomimetic microdevice offers a new approach for analysis of drug responses and toxicities in bone marrow as well as for study of hematopoiesis and hematologic diseases in vitro.

«A Human Disease Model of Drug Toxicity — Induced Pulmonary Edema in a Lung - on - a-Chip Microdevice,» Dongeun Huh et al., Science Translational Medicine, November 2012.

A collaboration between researchers in Japan and the United States has led to a new microdevice that successfully forms fascicles in the lab.

What molecular signaling caused the spontaneous entry remains unexplained, but fascicles were detected in more than 90 % of experiments, convincing the researchers the value of the microdevice design.

These findings and the relative ease of the experiments suggest the microdevice will be applicable to testing experimental drug compounds that prevent fascicle degeneration caused by disease.

To form axon fascicles, the research teams manufactured a microdevice in which human neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells were injected.

The microdevice includes multiple vertically stacked cellular layers that mimic the structure of the airway tissue.

control of disease - related cellular processes using genetics, surface engineering, matrix engineering, specifically designed compounds, and microdevices, for example to provide control of stem cell activity and regeneration,

While past studies have analyzed kidney tubular cells cultured under flow conditions in vitro, this is the first report of a toxicity study using primary human kidney proximal tubular epithelial cells in a microfluidic «organ - on - a-chip» microdevice.