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ArticleBiomicrofluidics2021

A low-cost 3D printed microfluidic bioreactor and imaging chamber for live-organoid imaging.

Ikram Khan, Anil Prabhakar, Chloe Delepine, Hayley Tsang, Vincent Pham, Mriganka Sur

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Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Microbioreactor design for eukaryotic cell-based biomedical applications.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  7. Bioreactor Design and Engineering for Cultivated Meat Manufacturing.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2026
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  9. Bioengineering tools for next-generation neural organoids.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2025
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  11. Organoid scaffold materials: research and application.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ikram KhanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600036, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6036-0361
Anil PrabhakarDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600036, India.
Chloe DelepinePicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Hayley TsangPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Vincent PhamPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7083-9360
Mriganka SurPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USIndian Institute of Technology Madras · IN

Funding

MicroRNA mechanisms of Rett SyndromeR01MH085802 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SUR, MRIGANKA · 2010 to 2025
$6.2M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH085802
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organoids are biological systems grown

Identifiers

PMID33868534
PMCPMC8043249
OpenAlexW3144102812

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