Cross section of a mouse Colon Chip (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Cross section of a mouse Colon Chip

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This cross section of a mouse Colon Chip shows the actin cytoskeleton of epithelial cells in magenta, the overlying mucus in yellow, and the cells' nuclei in blue. The team used this chip in a comparative analysis of mouse and human microbiomes to test their different abilities to induce tolerance to the pathogen Salmonella typhimurium.

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Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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