TY - JOUR
KW - One Health
KW - alternatives to animal testing
KW - Ecotoxicology
KW - food safety
KW - nutrition research
KW - organ-on-chip
AU - Manuela Cassotta
AU - Maria Elexpuru-Zabaleta
AU - Sandra Sumalla Cano
AU - Yasmany Armas Diaz
AU - Francesca Giampieri
AU - Zou Xiaobo
AU - Di Zhang
AU - Giuseppe Grosso
AU - Maurizio Battino
AB - The One Health approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, recognizing that the health of each is interdependent and influenced by shared ecosystems. Nutrition research plays a critical role in improving health outcomes across these domains, with implications for sustainability and food security. Organ-on-chip (OoC) technologies have emerged as innovative tools replicating key organ functions, supporting disease modeling, drug discovery, and personalized medicine. They also hold promise as alternatives to traditional animal models. This systematic review examines the potential of OoC technologies within the One Health framework and nutrition research, focusing on (1) their ability to replicate human and animal organ functions, (2) applications in food safety and ecotoxicology, and (3) their use in studying food components’ health effects. Challenges and future directions for adoption are also discussed. Although fully replicating the complexity of in vivo physiology remains a challenge, OoCs offer a promising platform to simulate organ functions and interactions. These systems hold significant potential for advancing food safety assessments, studying food impacts on health, and addressing sustainability in food systems. Challenges such as standardization, scalability, accessibility, and biases toward traditional models remain. Despite these hurdles, current advancements underscore the versatility and promise of OoCs, positioning them as valuable tools for driving innovation in nutrition research, food and feed safety, and ecotoxicology. With continued progress, OoCs are poised to make significant contributions to the goals of the One Health framework.
BT - Food Frontiers
DO - 10.1002/fft2.70000
IS - n/a
LA - en
N2 - The One Health approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, recognizing that the health of each is interdependent and influenced by shared ecosystems. Nutrition research plays a critical role in improving health outcomes across these domains, with implications for sustainability and food security. Organ-on-chip (OoC) technologies have emerged as innovative tools replicating key organ functions, supporting disease modeling, drug discovery, and personalized medicine. They also hold promise as alternatives to traditional animal models. This systematic review examines the potential of OoC technologies within the One Health framework and nutrition research, focusing on (1) their ability to replicate human and animal organ functions, (2) applications in food safety and ecotoxicology, and (3) their use in studying food components’ health effects. Challenges and future directions for adoption are also discussed. Although fully replicating the complexity of in vivo physiology remains a challenge, OoCs offer a promising platform to simulate organ functions and interactions. These systems hold significant potential for advancing food safety assessments, studying food impacts on health, and addressing sustainability in food systems. Challenges such as standardization, scalability, accessibility, and biases toward traditional models remain. Despite these hurdles, current advancements underscore the versatility and promise of OoCs, positioning them as valuable tools for driving innovation in nutrition research, food and feed safety, and ecotoxicology. With continued progress, OoCs are poised to make significant contributions to the goals of the One Health framework.
ST - Organ-on-Chip
T2 - Food Frontiers
TI - Organ-on-Chip: The Future of Nutrition Research in a One Health World
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/fft2.70000
VL - n/a
Y2 - 2025-04-11
SN - 2643-8429
ER -