文摘
State of the art animal and cell culture models fail to predict the ability of drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier as they lack comparability to the complex human situation. The development of novel pharmaceutics therefore requires in vitro models with human like cell response. Therefore, we are developing a model which mimics the organ environment including the specific 3D arrangement of different cell types, extracellular matrix, and perfusion by combining biology, biochemistry and microfluidic technology.