Go with the Flow—Microfluidics Approaches for Amyloid Research

The rapid development of cost‐efficient microfluidic devices has received tremendous attention from scientists of diverse fields. The growing potential of utilizing microfluidic platforms has further advanced the ability to integrate existing technology into microfluidic devices. Thus, allowing scie...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemistry, an Asian journal an Asian journal, 2018-11, Vol.13 (22), p.3437-3447
Hauptverfasser: Zilberzwige‐Tal, Shai, Gazit, Ehud
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The rapid development of cost‐efficient microfluidic devices has received tremendous attention from scientists of diverse fields. The growing potential of utilizing microfluidic platforms has further advanced the ability to integrate existing technology into microfluidic devices. Thus, allowing scientists to approach questions in fundamental fields, such as amyloid research, using new and otherwise unachievable conditions. Amyloids are associated with neurodegeneration and are in the forefront of many research efforts worldwide. The newly emerged microfluidic technology can serve as a novel research tool providing a platform for developing new methods in this field. In this review, we summarize the recent progress in amyloid research using microfluidic approaches. These approaches are driven from various fields, including physical chemistry, electrochemistry, biochemistry, and cell biology. Moreover, the new insights into novel microfluidic approaches for amyloid research reviewed here can be easily modified for other research interests. Just let it microflow: The rapid development of cost‐efficient microfluidic devices has received tremendous attention from scientists of diverse fields, including amyloid research. This review provides an overview on microfluidic approaches for amyloid research, as well as insights into the abilities of this emerging technology for elucidating some of the most urgent scientific questions.
ISSN:1861-4728
1861-471X
DOI:10.1002/asia.201801007