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Rice University

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Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine developed millifluidic perfusion cassettes (mPCs) that mimic conditions in the intestines to evaluate infections like those that cause diarrhea. The devices formed from 3D-printed molds (top right) were seeded with intestinal enteroid cultures (IECs) and infected with pathogens for 24 hours or more to see how infections take hold.

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Rice University/Baylor College of Medicine

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