Chip-based human organs to revolutionize drug development. Video.

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Chip-based human organs to revolutionize drug development. Video.




Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute are developing microchips comprising the cells and functionality of human organs. These organs-on-a-chip represent an advance that could prove revolutionary for pharmaceutical companies who spend billions of dollars testing new drugs in controversial - and often ineffective - animal trials.