Is that this the top of animal testing?
Animal research are notoriously unhealthy at figuring out human remedies. Round 95% of the medication developed via animal analysis fail in individuals, however till just lately there was no different possibility.
Now organs on chips, also referred to as microphysiological programs, could supply a very viable various. They’re triumphs of bioengineering, intricate constructions furrowed with tiny channels which are lined with residing human tissues that broaden and contract with the move of fluid and air, mimicking key organ capabilities like respiratory, blood move, and peristalsis, the muscular contractions of the digestive system.
It’s solely early days, but when they work as hoped, organs on chips might resolve one of many greatest issues in drugs as we speak. Learn the total story.
—Harriet Brown
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