Organ-on-a-chip technology promises to provide a novel platform for testing new therapies in well controlled environments that maintain the basic functionality of organs while allowing scientists to manipulate and analyze what happens to them. The problem has been keeping tissues alive long enough to perform the necessary experiments. Researchers at the Center for Engineering in Medicine at the Mass General have developed a new material that provides a welcoming environment for liver cells to thrive while inside of microfluidic devices.
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