Issue 5, 2024

From animal testing to in vitro systems: advancing standardization in microphysiological systems

Abstract

Limitations with cell cultures and experimental animal-based studies have had the scientific and industrial communities searching for new approaches that can provide reliable human models for applications such as drug development, toxicological assessment, and in vitro pre-clinical evaluation. This has resulted in the development of microfluidic-based cultures that may better represent organs and organ systems in vivo than conventional monolayer cell cultures. Although there is considerable interest from industry and regulatory bodies in this technology, several challenges need to be addressed for it to reach its full potential. Among those is a lack of guidelines and standards. Therefore, a multidisciplinary team of stakeholders was formed, with members from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), European Union, academia, and industry, to provide a framework for future development of guidelines/standards governing engineering concepts of organ-on-a-chip models. The result of this work is presented here for interested parties, stakeholders, and other standards development organizations (SDOs) to foster further discussion and enhance the impact and benefits of these efforts.

Graphical abstract: From animal testing to in vitro systems: advancing standardization in microphysiological systems

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
17 nov 2023
Accepted
11 feb 2024
First published
15 feb 2024

Lab Chip, 2024,24, 1076-1087

From animal testing to in vitro systems: advancing standardization in microphysiological systems

D. R. Reyes, M. B. Esch, L. Ewart, R. Nasiri, A. Herland, K. Sung, M. Piergiovanni, C. Lucchesi, J. T. Shoemaker, J. Vukasinovic, H. Nakae, J. Hickman, K. Pant, A. Taylor, N. Heinz and N. Ashammakhi, Lab Chip, 2024, 24, 1076 DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00994G

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