Animal-free science innovations for better COVID-19 research
A great deal of knowledge about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease is needed quickly. In April this year, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport…
Continue readingSmoking robot and lung-on-a-chip to study cigarette smoke-induced lung diseases
Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have developed an animal-free science innovation platform by combining a robotic smoking machine with a lung-on-a-chip technology to fully and realistically…
Continue readingMice brains are too different from humans’ to model neurodevelopmental disorders
Most knowledge about how the development of the cerebellum – the brain area that receives and coordinates sensory information and our physical responses to it – comes…
Continue readingA 3D Model of the Human Blood Brain Barrier
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a functional 3D in vitro blood-brain barrier model constructed from induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived human brain microvascular endothelial cells…
Continue readingPancreas-on-a-Chip Offers New Possibilities for Cystic Fibrosis Research
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have developed a human pancreas-on-a-chip to increase our fundamental understanding of the pancreatic function and to identify possible…
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