2015年6月24日 星期三

A silicone chip that mimics living human organs

得設計獎的科學模擬研究之設計 ( won the Design of the Year award from the Design Museum in London):


A living, breathing....microchip? Scientists at Harvard University's have created a silicone chip that mimics a human organ. Their lung-on-a-chip contracts and relaxes as the lungs would as air is passed over the cells. The devices could provide an alternative to animal testing for drug development. Listen to one of the scientists describe how they work:

Silicon chips that mimic living human organs have won the Design of the Year award
BBC.IN

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