Microfluidics Chip Mimics Ten Human Organ Systems
October 23, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
With DARPA funding, MIT bioengineers (in collaboration with others) are creating a microfluidics platform that mimics specific functions of human tissues including the circulatory, endocrine, gastrointestinal, immune, integumentary, musculoskeletal, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, and urinary systems. They foresee the main usefulness of “BIO-MIMETICS” in predicting vaccine and drug safety and efficacy during pre-clinical testing. MORE
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