Microfluidic system for efficient molecular delivery to artificial cell membranes.

The cell membrane is a crucial biological interface to consider in biomedical research, as a significant proportion of drugs interacts with this barrier. While understanding membrane-drug interactions is important, existing platforms for drug screening predominantly focus on interactions with whole cells or tissues. This preference is partly due to the instability of membrane-based systems and the technical challenges associated with buffer replacement around lipid membranes formed on microfluidic chips.