Organ-on-a-Chip (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Organ-on-a-Chip

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The Wyss Institute, with $5.6 million in FDA support, will use organs-on-chips -- tiny, microfluidic devices that are lined by living human cells and mimic complex organ physiology -- to test the safety and efficacy of medical treatments for radiation sickness.

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Wyss Institute

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