Biochips for Regenerative Medicine: Real-time Stem Cell Continuous Monitoring as Inferred by High-Throughput Gene Analysis
Regenerative medicine is a novel clinical branch aiming at the cure of diseases by replacement of damaged tissues. The crucial use of stem cells makes this area rich of challenges, given the poorly understood mechanisms of differentiation. One highly needed and yet unavailable technology should allow us to monitor the exact (metabolic) state of stem cells differentiation to maximize the effectiveness of their implant in vivo. This is challenged by the fact that not all relevant metabolites in stem cells differentiation are known and not all metabolites can currently be continuously monitored.






