Radiation Injury in a Gut-on-a-Chip (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Radiation Injury in a Gut-on-a-Chip

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The intestinal epithelium in the human gut-on-a-chip, when left untreated, protrudes normal villi-like protrusions (on the left), that break down when the chip is exposed to 8 Gy of radiation (middle), and are protected against radiation damage by DMOG (on the right).

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Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

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