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Researchers create living human gut-on-a-chip

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a gut-on-a-chip microdevice lined by living human cells that mimics the structure, physiology, and mechanics of the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gel undergoes Peristalsis

(PhysOrg.com) -- Large or small, machine parts only move when controlled by an external impulse. Biological systems, on the other hand, are capable of autonomous movements that continuously follow their own rhythms and spatial ...

Chemistry /

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 4

New field-deployable biosensor detects avian influenza virus in minutes instead of days

Quick identification of avian influenza infection in poultry is critical to controlling outbreaks, but current detection methods can require several days to produce results.

Biology /

created Sep 27, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Engineers and Biologists Solve Long-Standing Heart Development Mystery

An engineer comparing the human adult heart and the embryo heart might never guess that the former developed from the latter. While the adult heart is a fist-shaped organ with chambers and valves, the embryo heart looks more ...

Medicine & Health /

created May 05, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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