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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Microfluidics
  • Cellular Analysis

Background:

  • On-microsphere construction of in vitro multicellular analytical systems offers high-throughput manufacturing and customizability.
  • Challenges exist in achieving precise, biocompatible cell arrangement and spatial signal analysis within hydrogel microspheres.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a microfluidic method for generating addressable, supersegmented, multicompartmental microspheres.
  • To create novel, label-free multicellular systems using these microspheres for biomedical analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized controllable microfluidics to precisely tune the internal microstructure of microspheres.
  • Employed a gas ejector to ensure biocompatibility during the preparation process.
  • Demonstrated microsphere decoding through visualization of basic compartments for label-free cell identification.

Main Results:

  • Successfully generated six- and twenty-compartment microspheres without biohazardous reagents.
  • Developed label-free multicellular systems capable of cell coculture and drug testing.
  • Showcased the potential for spatial signal analysis due to structural regularity.

Conclusions:

  • The developed microfluidic method enables the biocompatible generation of addressable, multicompartmental microspheres.
  • These novel microspheres serve as scalable and analyzable label-free multicellular systems.
  • The technology opens new avenues for advanced biomedical analysis and drug discovery.