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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Pancreas On A Chip

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A researcher holds a dual-chamber chip that scientists used to bioengineer human pancreatic tissues to study the cause of Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes, a frequent and deadly complication for people who battle the genetic lung disease cystic fibrosis. The scientists report data from their study in Nature Communications.

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