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Bryan G Schellberg¹, Ryan A Koppes^1,2,3, Abigail N Koppes^1,2,3

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Summary

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Organs-on-chips (OOC) offer advanced in vitro models for drug discovery. This review explores integrated sensing technologies for real-time OOC characterization, overcoming limitations of current methods.

Keywords:

biomaterial microfluidics microphysiological systems organ‐on‐a‐chip

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Area of Science:

Biotechnology
Drug Discovery
Physiological Modeling

Background:

Organs-on-chips (OOC) bridge in vitro and in vivo models for drug discovery and disease research.
OOC systems enhance bio-relevance by integrating physiological stimuli.
Current methods for OOC microenvironment analysis are limited and labor-intensive, yielding sparse data.

Purpose of the Study:

To review integrated sensing approaches for OOC systems.
To address limitations in current OOC characterization methods.
To enable real-time monitoring of physiological parameters in OOC.

Main Methods:

Review of current literature on integrated sensing technologies for OOC.
Analysis of approaches enabling real-time readout of physiological parameters.
Discussion of methods to engineer improved characterization into OOC devices.

Main Results:

Integrated sensing offers improved, real-time characterization of OOC.
These approaches overcome limitations of traditional offline analysis.
Advancements enable better understanding of cell microenvironment and organ-specific physiology.

Conclusions:

Integrated sensing is crucial for advancing OOC technology.
Real-time monitoring enhances OOC utility in drug discovery and pathophysiology.
Engineering improved characterization methods into OOC is a key future direction.