Organs-on-chips: Tiny technology helping bring safe new drugs to patients faster
- Written by Catherine Yeung, Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, University of Washington
It doesn't look like a kidney, but this 'kidney-on-a-chip' is a breakthrough for new drug testing.Alex Levine, CC BY-NDGetting a new pharmaceutical from an idea in the chemistry lab to market takes many years and billions of dollars. Each year just several dozen new drugs are approved for use in the United States.
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