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Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipeline

  • Written by Chengpeng Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipelineThe lung-on-a-chip can mimic both the physical and mechanical qualities of a human lung.Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University/Flickr

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