Sentences with phrase «replicate human organ»
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Although the organoids don't grow enough to replicate entire human organs, these mini-versions can mimic the 3 - D cellular infrastructure of everything from our guts to our lungs.
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MIT engineers have designed a microfluidic platform that connects engineered tissue from up to 10 organs, allowing them to replicate human - organ interactions.
Their system, adapted from technology they previously developed and commercialized through U.K. - based CN BioInnovations, also incorporates several on - board pumps that can control the flow of liquid between the «organs,» replicating the circulation of blood, immune cells, and proteins through the human body.
«Body on a chip» could improve drug evaluation: Human tissue samples linked by microfluidic channels replicate interactions of multiple organs..»
This project, however, is the team's first effort to create a fully functional organ: one that not only replicates a human ability, but extends it using embedded electronics.
Replacing animal testing, it can accurately replicate human - organ interactions for weeks at a time and can allow for measuring the effects of drugs on different parts of the body, according to the engineers.
Although they are not exact replicas of the adult organ, they do replicate many aspects and thus give us a model of human development that we would not otherwise have.