In inhalation therapy, drugs are deposited as aerosols on cells of the respiratory tract from the nasal or lung region. Physiologically realistic in vitro cell culture models of the pulmonary epithelium and the air-blood barrier as well as from the nasal region are commercially available. Recently, these models have been refined to mimic  SARS-CoV-2 infections.

VITROCELL Application Note.

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New designs of electronic cigarettes such as ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems) products or HTP (Heated Tobacco Products) lead to a large variety of different shapes which make the insertion into conventional holders with labyrinth seals impossible. VITROCELL® has developed a new holder system which is flexible to adjust to different shapes.

VITROCELL Application Note

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The assessment of toxicological effects of airborne particles to the human organism is of major importance in disease research. The presence of nano and ultrafine particles can be found both in indoor and outdoor atmospheres which include workplaces and living areas. Over the last years, the degree of contribution to diseases of such particles is analyzed ever more frequent by the use of in vitro methods. The required equipment for these studies consisting of aerosol generation and exposure systems are nowadays developed more and more to proven levels.

VITROCELL Application Note.

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New MatTek application note shows a state-of-the-art in vitro set up by VITROCELL® Systems for testing combustion cigarettes as well as electronic cigarettes with the endpoints toxicity, oxidative stress, TEER, beating cilia, gene expression and mucus secretion.

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