Cancer Organoids Multiplexed Screening in Microfluidic Textile chips

Despite being at its infancy, microfluidics has the potential to become a widespread technology with numerous biomedical applications. The EU-funded COMMiT project proposes to exploit microfluidics for the high-throughput screening of large panels of drugs. Using the proprietary "free-flow textile chips" (FFTC) technology, scientists have the potential to produce 3D cell spheroids encapsulated within nanolitre droplets from a single tumour biopsy. The microfluidics platform can be employed to produce cell-based personalised models, replacing animal testing. The FFTC technology is expected to aid drug development in the pharmaceutical industry and support precision medicine.