Device Schematic (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Device Schematic

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This schematic shows a novel device that MIT engineers have built, allowing them to grow human colon tissue along with oxygen-intolerant bacteria that normally live in the human digestive tract.

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Jianbo Zhang

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