microengineered

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A form of microengineer — To engineer by means of microengineering

Scrabble 21

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of microengineer
    1 more example

    Here, we microengineered a three-dimensional (3D) model of the human blood-brain barrier (BBB) within a microfluidic chip by creating a cylindrical collagen gel containing a central hollow lumen inside a microchannel, culturing primary human brain microvascular endothelial cells on the gel’s inner surface, and flowing medium through the lumen.

    2016 March 2, “Distinct Contributions of Astrocytes and Pericytes to Neuroinflammation Identified in a 3D Human Blood-Brain Barrier on a Chip”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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