ReviewPharmaceutical research2016
Is There a Space-Based Technology Solution to Problems with Preclinical Drug Toxicity Testing?
Review in Pharmaceutical research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Impact of Microgravity on Cytoskeletal Dynamics, Protein Transport, and Signaling Networks: Potential Therapeutic Opportunities for Skin Health.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies for Microgravity Simulation and Space Applications.Micromachines · 2022Review
- Cell spinpods are a simple inexpensive suspension culture device to deliver fluid shear stress to renal proximal tubular cells.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Advances in space microbiology.iScience · 2021Review
- Role of Shear Stress on Renal Proximal Tubular Cells for Nephrotoxicity Assays.Journal of toxicology · 2021Review
- A Critical Perspective on 3D Liver Models for Drug Metabolism and Toxicology Studies.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Bioprospecting for Antibacterial Drugs: a Multidisciplinary Perspective on Natural Product Source Material, Bioassay Selection and Avoidable Pitfalls.Pharmaceutical research · 2020Review
- An Air Bubble-Isolating Rotating Wall Vessel Bioreactor for Improved Spheroid/Organoid Formation.Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods · 2019Article
- Hepatocyte CYP2B6 Can Be Expressed in Cell Culture Systems by Exerting Physiological Levels of Shear: Implications for ADME Testing.Journal of toxicology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Even the finest state-of-the art preclinical drug testing, usually in primary hepatocytes, remains an imperfect science. Drugs continue to be withdrawn from the market due to unforeseen toxicity, side effects, and drug interactions. The space program may be able to provide a lifeline. Best known for rockets, space shuttles, astronauts and engineering, the space program has also delivered some serious medical science. Optimized suspension culture in NASA's specialized suspension culture devices, known as rotating wall vessels, uniquely maintains Phase I and Phase II drug metabolizing pathways in hepatocytes for weeks in cell culture. Previously prohibitively expensive, new materials and 3D printing techniques have the potential to make the NASA rotating wall vessel available inexpensively on an industrial scale. Here we address the tradeoffs inherent in the rotating wall vessel, limitations of alternative approaches for drug metabolism studies, and the market to be addressed. Better pre-clinical drug testing has the potential to significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality of one of the most common problems in modern medicine: adverse events related to pharmaceuticals.
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