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Editorial
. 2017 May 3;3(2):FSO191.
doi: 10.4155/fsoa-2017-0024. eCollection 2017 Jun.

Tailoring cardiac environment in microphysiological systems: an outlook on current and perspective heart-on-chip platforms

Giovanni Stefano Ugolini  1 , Roberta Visone  1 , Daniela Cruz-Moreira  1 , Alberto Redaelli  1 , Marco Rasponi  1
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Editorial

Tailoring cardiac environment in microphysiological systems: an outlook on current and perspective heart-on-chip platforms

Giovanni Stefano Ugolini et al. Future Sci OA. .
No abstract available

Keywords: 3D cell culture; cardiac models; cell microtissues; heart-on-chip; microfluidics; microphysiological systems; organs-on-chip.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial & competing interests disclosure This work was supported by the European Commission within the Horizon 2020 Framework through the MSCA-ITN-ETN European Training Networks (project no. 642458). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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