Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL165135)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (CA279560)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (EY022359)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (EY005722)
BrightFocus Foundation (NA)
Article History
Received: 27 May 2024
Accepted: 29 July 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
Change Date: 26 September 2025
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-025-00730-1
Competing interests
: R.L. and E.L. are listed as inventors on a pending patent application related to the microfluidic device presented in this study (application number: 63/780,557; status: US provisional application filed). The other authors declare no competing interests.