Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipeline
- Written by Chengpeng Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The lung-on-a-chip can mimic both the physical and mechanical qualities of a human lung.Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University/FlickrBringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time investments are both strong contributors to today’s...