期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOPRINTING
卷 2, 期 2, 页码 3-8出版社
WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE LTD, SINGAPORE
DOI: 10.18063/IJB.2016.02.003
关键词
bioprinting; cancer; tumor-on-a-chip; microfabrication; microfluidics; drug screening
资金
- University of Connecticut Research Excellence Program award
There is an urgent for a novel approach to cancer research with 1.7 million new cases of cancer occurring every year in the United States of America. Tumor models offer promise as a useful platform for cancer research without the need for animal models, but there remains a challenge to fabricate a relevant model which mimics the structure, function and drug response of human tumors. Bioprinting can address this need by fabricating three-dimensional constructs that mimic tumor heterogeneity, vasculature and spheroid structures. Furthermore, bioprinting can be used to fabricate tissue constructs within microfluidic platforms, forming tumor-on-a-chip devices which are ideal for high-throughput testing in a biomimetic microenvironment. Applications of tumors-on-a-chip include facilitating basic research to better understand tumor development, structure and function as well as drug screening to improve the efficiency of cancer drug discovery.
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