Microfluidics : the fur-free way towards personalised medicine in cancer therapy

Dawson, Amy; Greenman, John; Bower, Ruth; Green, Vicky

Abstract

Microfluidic technology has great potential for complementing and, in some instances, replacing the use of animal models in the testing of medicines and in developing personalised treatments for cancer patients. The maintenance of tissue in an in vivo-like state provides a platform upon which normal and diseased tissue biology can be investigated in a novel way. This review describes the use of microfluidic technology for the maintenance of tissue samples ex vivo and the current state of play for the use of this technology in the replacement of animal models, with a focus on cancer.

Citation

Dawson, A., Greenman, J., Bower, R., & Green, V. (in press). Microfluidics : the fur-free way towards personalised medicine in cancer therapy. Drug target review, 3(1), 12-17

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 17, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Mar 17, 2016
• Deposit Date: Apr 4, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 4, 2016
• Journal: Drug target review
• Print ISSN: 2059-1349
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 12-17
• Keywords: Microfluidics, Cancer therapy
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/434769
• Publisher URL: http://www.drugtargetreview.com/10999/drug-target-review-journal/issue-1-2016/microfluidics-fur-free-way-towards-personalised-medicine-cancer-therapy/
• Additional Information: Copy of article first published in: Drug target review, 2016, v.3, issue 1.