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Real-time monitoring of a 3D blood–brain barrier model maturation and integrity with a sensorized microfluidic device

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,5085-5100
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00633J, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Maria Cristina Ceccarelli, Marie Celine Lefevre, Attilio Marino, Francesca Pignatelli, Katarzyna Krukiewicz, Matteo Battaglini, Gianni Ciofani
A new in vitro sensorized model of the blood–brain barrier has been developed and characterized.
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Acoustic enrichment of sperm for in vitro fertilization

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,5113-5123
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00604F, Paper
Open Access
Chunqiu Zhang, Ning Rong, Ziyi Lin, Peng-Qi Li, Jingyao Shi, Wei Zhou, Lili Niu, Fei Li, Rongxin Tang, Lei Li, Long Meng
This study introduces an acoustofluidic device that leverages acoustic streaming to efficiently accumulate sperm. Importantly, ultrasound significantly improves sperm motility, increases fertilization rates and accelerates multicellular development.
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Optical tweezer-assisted cell pairing and fusion for somatic cell nuclear transfer within an open microchannel

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00561A, Paper
Yidi Zhang, Han Zhao, Zhenlin Chen, Zhen Liu, Hanjin Huang, Yun Qu, Yaowei Liu, Mingzhu Sun, Dong Sun, Xin Zhao
We developed a somatic cell nuclear transfer-electrofusion system for pairing and fusing oocytes and somatic cells with a thousand-fold volume difference. The system showed a 90.56% pairing efficiency, potentially boosting batch cloning efficiency.
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