One of the major successes of microfluidic chips hinges upon cell washing and cell sorting. Various active and passive techniques such as inertial microfluidics, spiral microfluidics, magentophoresis, electrophoresis, acoustophoresis, etc. have been developed for this purpose. In this week's research highlight, we will introduce a...
Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) are the synaptic junctions between motor neurons (MNs) and muscle fibres and are of crucial importance in delivering signals associated with motor activities. Therefore, defects in the motor neurons or disruption in the activity of NMJs can lead to neurodegenerative diseases such...
"Low-temperature biopreservation and 3D tissue engineering present two different routes towards eventual on-demand access to transplantable biologics, but recent advances in both fields present critical new opportunities for crossover between them. With help of microfluidics, in this work, we demonstrate sub-zero centigrade preservation and revival...
Myocardial infarction, commonly known as heart attack, causes a majority of cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths which can be triggered by occlusion of the arteries. Finding new drugs to fight myocardial infractions requires accurate modelling of the process. In a recent article published in the lab...
"Droplets microfluidics is broadening the range of Lab on a Chip solutions that, however, still suffer from the lack of an adequate level of integration of optical detection and sensors. In fact, droplets are currently monitored by imaging techniques, mostly limited by time-consuming data post-processing...