Roadblocks Confronting Widespread Dissemination and Deployment of Organs on Chips

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2024 Jun 15

PMID 38879554

Authors

Charles G Alver

Emma Drabbe

Matthew Ishahak

Ashutosh Agarwal

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Abstract

Organ on Chip platforms hold significant promise as alternatives to animal models or traditional cell cultures, both of which poorly recapitulate human pathophysiology and human level responses. Within the last 15 years, we have witnessed seminal scientific developments from academic laboratories, a flurry of startups and investments, and a genuine interest from pharmaceutical industry as well as regulatory authorities to translate these platforms. This Perspective identifies several fundamental design and process features that may act as roadblocks that prevent widespread dissemination and deployment of these systems, and provides a roadmap to help position this technology in mainstream drug discovery.

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