390834National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2021 Jun;246(12):1435-1446. doi: 10.1177/15353702211008872. Epub 2021 Apr 25.
Microphysiological systems (MPS) are promising tools which could substantially improve the drug development process, particularly for underserved patient populations such as those with rare diseases, neural disorders, and diseases impacting pediatric populations. Currently, one of the major goals of the National Institutes of Health MPS program, led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), is to demonstrate the utility of this emerging technology and help support the path to community adoption. However, community adoption of MPS technology has been hindered by a variety of factors including biological and technological challenges in device creation, issues with validation and standardization of MPS technology, and potential complications related to commercialization. In this brief Minireview, we offer an NCATS perspective on what current barriers exist to MPS adoption and provide an outlook on the future path to adoption of these tools.
微生理系统(MPS)是一种很有前途的工具,可以极大地改进药物开发过程,特别是对于那些服务不足的患者群体,如患有罕见疾病、神经紊乱和影响儿科人群的疾病的患者。目前,由国家转化医学中心(NCATS)领导的美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)MPS 计划的主要目标之一是展示这项新兴技术的实用性,并帮助支持其走向社区采用。然而,MPS 技术的社区采用受到多种因素的阻碍,包括设备创建中的生物学和技术挑战、MPS 技术验证和标准化方面的问题,以及与商业化相关的潜在并发症。在这篇简短的综述中,我们从 NCATS 的角度介绍了目前 MPS 采用所存在的障碍,并对这些工具的未来采用路径进行了展望。