125 citations
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March 2017 in “Micromachines” This review highlights recent advancements in microfluidics for 3D tissue model generation and discusses its applications in tissue engineering and high-throughput drug screening without reporting new experimental results.
7 citations
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January 2023 in “Biofabrication” This study developed microfluidic-assisted GelMA-MSC/HAD-EPC microspheres that efficiently generated hair follicles in nude mice, suggesting a promising strategy for advancing hair-regenerative medicine.
January 2024 in “ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering” In this study, researchers developed a microfluidics-based method to generate hair follicle germs on a large scale for potential hair regeneration therapies, demonstrating efficient hair follicle regeneration following transplantation into mice.
This study demonstrated that the IVL-DrugFluidic® platform is effective for mass-producing finasteride-loaded polymeric microspheres for long-acting injectables, maintaining stable drug release without an initial burst for a month.
November 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Microfluidic models improve testing for aging, wound healing, and oral tissue, reducing animal testing.
March 2024 in “Advanced healthcare materials/Advanced Healthcare Materials” This study found that generating pluripotent stem cell-derived skin organoids in a 3D bioprinted hydrogel device improved keratinocyte differentiation and hair follicle formation while reducing necrosis.
353 citations
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May 2016 in “TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry” This review discusses recent advances in droplet microfluidics for chip-based technologies such as single-cell analysis, small-scale cell cultures, and high-throughput drug screening, and it reports no new results.
13 citations
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January 2025 in “Lab on a Chip” This review discusses recent developments in capillary microfluidic wearables for non-invasive, continuous biofluid monitoring, highlighting advances in device design, electrochemical and optical biosensing, and the challenges of clinical validation and scalable manufacturing.
June 2026 in “Advanced Science” This study demonstrated that novel cryomicroneedles loaded with hair follicle organoids (cryoMN@HFOs) can effectively deliver and develop into functional hair follicles after intradermal transplantation in animal experiments, suggesting promising potential for human hair follicle reconstruction.
20 citations
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November 2012 in “Methods in molecular biology” This study proposes using superhydrophobic surfaces to reduce protein fouling and enable self-cleaning in microfluidic devices, detailing preparation and quantification methods for these coatings.
14 citations
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September 2023 in “Foods” This review outlines recent advancements in droplet-based microfluidic technology using food-grade emulsions to create diverse delivery systems by controlling droplet size, shape, and dispersity, while also discussing challenges in scaling these processes from laboratory to industrial applications.
5 citations
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August 2023 in “Preprints.org” This review outlines recent advancements in droplet-based microfluidics used with food-grade materials to create delivery systems, emphasizing the design and function of systems like emulsions and microcapsules while discussing challenges related to scaling these processes from lab to industry.
February 2026 in “Apollo (University of Cambridge)” This review highlights the use of droplet microfluidics in microgel fabrication, emphasizing its ability to control microgel properties and discussing applications in areas like drug delivery and tissue engineering, as well as addressing current challenges and future research directions.
6 citations
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August 2021 in “International Journal of Pharmaceutics” This study demonstrated that finasteride-loaded PLGA microspheres created using a novel microfluidic device exhibit extended drug release in beagle dogs, with modifications allowing for release up to 3 months.
119 citations
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March 2020 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This review provides an overview of recent tissue engineering and regenerative medicine developments in Asia, highlighting significant advances, representative research achievements, and discussing future directions, without presenting new research results.
69 citations
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June 2017 in “Experimental Biology and Medicine” This review discusses the advancements and challenges in developing in vitro human skin models incorporating components like vasculature for drug testing and disease research, but reports no new clinical results.
25 citations
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January 2024 in “Journal of Lipids” This review reports that cubosomes, used as drug nanocarriers in topical treatments, offer potential benefits for managing skin and eye diseases by improving bioadhesion, retention, and sustained release compared to conventional formulations, but also face manufacturing and biological challenges for effective clinical outcomes.
17 citations
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May 2025 in “MedComm” This review highlights how organoid technology is transforming precision medicine by summarizing its development and applications in modeling diseases, testing drug efficacy, and tailoring patient-specific treatments, despite current challenges in standardization and ethical considerations.
12 citations
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September 2024 in “JID Innovations” This review highlights the potential of microfluidic skin-on-a-chip models in skin research, emphasizing their ability to mimic human skin structure and improve control over cellular and molecular distribution compared to traditional in vitro models.
July 2026 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This mini-review reports that advances in microbioreactor technology, particularly with microfluidics, significantly enhance eukaryotic cell-based biomedicine by improving productivity, scalability, and reproducibility in applications like CAR T-cell manufacturing and organoid growth, though challenges in scalability and material selection remain.
April 2026 in “Journal of Pharmaceutical and BioTech Industry” This review highlights recent advances in personalized transdermal drug delivery systems, noting their potential for improved treatment efficacy and safety, but identifies significant challenges in clinical translation.
April 2025 in “Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering” Centrifugal forces can help prepare hair follicle germs for hair regeneration.
July 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study developed a 3D ovarian cancer model using microtumours, which effectively mimics minimal residual disease and supports the identification of new drug targets like perhexiline for treatment-resistant cells.
July 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that carefully engineered hydrogels and asymmetric morphogen gradients facilitated the formation of anatomically relevant skin organoids from iPSC-derived EBs, improving pigmentation and hair follicle generation.
July 2025 in “Bioactive Materials” This review summarizes advancements in biomedical engineering for hair follicle regeneration, highlighting strategies like cell transplantation and tissue engineering to reconstruct hair follicles, and discusses both their technical limitations and potential future innovations in regenerative medicine.
104 citations
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May 2019 in “F1000Research” This review discusses recent research on male infertility causes and treatments, emphasizing the need for further understanding of idiopathic sperm abnormalities and molecular factors to improve patient outcomes; it reports no new clinical results.
8 citations
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April 2023 in “Advanced materials” In this study, implantable vascularized engineered thrombi using autologous whole blood improved skin wound healing in rats by promoting robust microcapillary networks and accelerating healing processes.
7 citations
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June 2022 in “Frontiers in Medicine” This review discusses the potential of adipose-derived stem cell extracellular vesicles (ADSC-EVs) in skin regeneration, highlighting mechanisms like inflammation and angiogenesis, but reports no new clinical results; challenges and future prospects are also considered.
1 citations
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August 2025 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This study found that a 3D wound model, the 3DWoundSE, showed improved responsiveness to injury and cytotoxic stimuli compared to an intact 3D skin equivalent, offering a reproducible and ethical alternative to animal models for early wound response assessment in dermatological research and drug development.
July 2026 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Tissue stiffness affects sweat gland development by guiding cell differentiation through specific signals.