面向皮肤上的芯片用于选化品的皮肤吸收
Jessica Govey-Scotland1,2, Liam Johnstone3, Connor Myant1
1Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2AZ, London, UK. m.friddin@imperial.ac.uk.
Lab on a chip
|November 8, 2023
概括
开发无动物方法进行化品安全测试至关重要. 这项研究建议使用工程人工细胞克服皮肤吸收查中的障碍,推进体外模型的监管接受.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 全球努力的重点是禁止化品动物试验.
- 对于安全评估,正在开发新方法方法 (NAM).
- 在皮肤吸收查的无动物方法中存在差距.
研究的目的:
- 确定用于皮肤吸收的体外皮肤模型的监管接受的技术障碍.
- 提出使用自下而上的工程人工细胞的芯片解决方案.
- 概述一个数字生物制造管道,用于制造合成皮肤组织.
主要方法:
- 工程人造细胞从底部向上.
- 使用微流体生成和3D打印.
- 开发一个数字生物制造管道,用于合成组织的创造.
主要成果:
- 确定了阻碍监管批准体外皮肤吸收模型的关键技术障碍.
- 提出工程人工细胞作为克服这些障碍的解决方案.
- 突出了创建用户手工合成皮肤组织的进展.
结论:
- 工程人工细胞为无动物皮肤吸收查提供了一个有希望的途径.
- 数字生物制造管道可以促进创建先进的体外模型.
- 这种方法对化品安全和其他应用具有重大潜力.
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