A 3D-printed transepidermal microprojection array for human skin microbiome sampling

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Liang, Kun, Leong, Cheryl, Loh, Jia Min, Chan, Nathania, Lim, Larissa, Lam, Yuen In, Dawson, Thomas L., Jr., Tey, Hong Liang
• مؤلفون آخرون: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2023
• الموضوعات: Science::Medicine; Skin Microbiome Sampling; Microprojection Array
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164073

Skin microbiome sampling is currently performed with tools such as swabs and tape strips to collect microbes from the skin surface. However, these conventional approaches may be unable to detect microbes deeper in the epidermis or in epidermal invaginations. We describe a sampling tool with a depth...