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Microfluidic Extraction of Extracellular Vesicle-Associated Nucleic Acids for Downstream Molecular Analysis

The paper develops a microfluidic workflow for extracting EV-associated nucleic acids from biofluids and demonstrates its compatibility with downstream molecular analysis.

Single cell-derived spheroids for real-time growth and metabolomic studies in breast cancer

This paper develops a method to generate single cell-derived breast cancer spheroids in a decellularized matrix with plasmonic nanosensors for real-time metabolomic analysis.

A miniaturised semi-dynamic in-vitro model of human digestion

This paper introduces a miniaturized digestion-chip that replicates human digestion dynamics with high accuracy, enabling efficient and low-cost assessment of bioactive materials.