The program is tasked with creating 3 - D human tissue chips and combining them into an integrated system that mimics
the complex functions of the human body, so that promising pharmaceuticals can be better tested before entering human trials.
Not exact matches
There's also a more recent foray into the study
of complex biological systems, from the population - wide dynamics
of a disease outbreak to the way
human bodies align their
functions to a biological clock.
Trillions
of cells make up the
human body, all performing essential and diverse
functions that facilitate the
complex endeavor
of daily life.
Complexes of DNA with lipids and proteins provide an alternative to viruses, and researchers are also experimenting with introducing a 47th (artificial
human) chromosome to the
body that would exist autonomously along side the standard 46 chromosomes, presumably not affecting their
functioning or causing any mutations.
The
human body is an excellent example
of a hugely
complex and at the micro level chaotic system with more feedbacks than there are stars in the Milky Way which nevertheless
functions and malfunctions as a coherent whole.