Sentences with phrase «mimic organ structure»
Not exact matches
As it can take weeks to grow human cells into intact differentiated and functional tissues within Organ Chips, such as those that mimic the lung and intestine, and researchers seek to understand how drugs, toxins or other perturbations alter tissue structure and function, the team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering led by Donald Ingber has been searching for ways to non-invasively monitor the health and maturity of cells cultured within these microfluidic devices over extended times.
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Three - dimensional «organoids» are an improvement, but these hollow balls are made of a mishmash of cells that doesn't accurately mimic the structure and function of the real organ.