Whole Organs On A Chip Coming To Diagnostic Centers Near You, Wyss Institute Study

So-called organs-on-a-chip have become an important way to test the effects of chemicals or radiation on different kinds of cells. The military, in particular, has been interested to use them to study how poisonous agents like ricin, botulinum toxin, or anthrax attack different organs. Ideally, there would be a way to integrate individual subunits into a single body-on-a-chip where all the different elements could interact in a more realistic way.

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