What happens when people unknowingly eat, drink or inhale nearly invisible pieces of plastic? Although it’s unclear what impact this really has on humans, researchers have now taken a step toward answering that question. In ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology, a team reports laboratory results indicating that tiny plastic particles could enter liver and lung cells and...
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Multi-organoid system to simulate human liver-islet axis in normal and type 2 diabetes
by Li Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Schematic of hiPSCs derived multi-organoid-on-chip system to model human liver-pancreatic islet axis in vitro. Credit: Tao Tingting Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a systematic multi-organ metabolic disease, which is characterized by dynamic interplay among different organs. Pancreatic islet-liver axis is closely associated with normal glucose regulation and homeostasis...