Scientists have engineered a microscale model that might one day serve as a testbed for personalized heart drugs. Megan McCain has always enjoyed building and fixing things. She also has long been fascinated by cells in the human body and how they work together to achieve important tasks, like how the heart pumps blood. As a...
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The immune system is very complicated, but now, it’s on a chip
by Lindsay Brownell, Harvard University This illustration demonstrates the structure of the LF Chip: B cells and T cells were cultured together in the extracellular matrix (ECM)-lined lower channel, and were “fed” via the consistent flow of nutrient-containing medium through the upper channel. This flow is also what appears to have caused the spontaneous assembly...