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. 2019 Oct 4:8:e51183.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.51183.

Building a better model of the retina

Milica Radisic  1   2   3
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Building a better model of the retina

Milica Radisic. Elife. .

Abstract

Researchers have combined organ-on-a-chip engineering with the benefits of organoids to make improved models of the human retina.

Keywords: bioengineering; human biology; human induced pluripotent stem cells; medicine; none; regenerative medicine; retinal organoids; retinal pigment epithelial cell; stem cells.

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MR No competing interests declared

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Retina-on-a-chip combines the benefits of organoids and organ-on-a-chip engineering.
Each chip has a vascular-like compartment (red) which is separated from the four organoid compartments above by a porous membrane. Schematic diagram (right) showing the various layers of cells in the retinal organoid (top) and the retinal pigment epithelium cells (RPE; yellow).
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