Placenta-on-a-Chip (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

Placenta-on-a-Chip

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This illustration shows how Nicole Hashemi and a team of Iowa State researchers are using a "placenta-on-a-chip" to study the transport of caffeine molecules from a mother to a fetus.

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Illustration by Lasitha Kurukula Arachchi for the Hashemi Lab

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