Nuclear -- Radiation effects (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nuclear -- Radiation effects

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Researchers are using organ-on-a-chip technology to design a microenvironment of human microvascular cells to test how radiation could affect human respiration. These non-irradiated cells have successfully grown and stretched to cover the upper and lower surfaces of the researchers' new design.

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Sandra Davern/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy

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