This Working Model Of The Female Reproductive System Can Fit In The Palm Of Your Hand, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Study Reveals

BOSTON — So-called “organs on a chip” — small blobs of tissue growing in lab dishes that mimic the function of their human counterparts — have promise for basic science and drug development. And those efforts are scaling up. On Tuesday scientists unveiled a five-organ female reproductive system on a chip small enough to hold in your hand, and showed that it could simulate a 28-day menstrual cycle.

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