Organ-on-a-chip microfluidic devices are well known for their abilities in mimicking in vivo conditions and their superiority in drug toxicity screening compared to regular cell culture models. In this week's research highlight, we will introduce another organ-on-chip that takes advantage of microfluidics technology to mimic...
Welcome back, science enthusiasts! Today, we're delving into the fascinating world of synthetic cell populations and exploring a groundbreaking study that unraveled the intricate dynamics of gene expression within these miniature artificial cells. This remarkable research sheds light on the behavior of cell-free expression systems...
"Porous particles have found widespread applications in therapeutic diagnosis, drug delivery, and tissue engineering due to their typical properties of large surface area, extensive loading capacity, and hierarchical microstructures. Attempts in this aspect are focusing on the development of effective methods to generate functional porous...
"By using electrostatic interactions as driving force to assemble vesicles, the droplet-stabilized method was recently applied to reconstitute and encapsulate proteins, or compartments, inside giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) to act as minimal synthetic cells. However, the droplet-stabilized approach exhibits low production efficiency associated with the...
Microfluidic chips can be modular and can be connected to a wide range of read-out systems which in turn makes them a suitable choice for point of care applications. In this week's research highlight, we will introduce a microfluidic chip that uses a trained neural...