Obesity has become a global epidemic. About one-third of the adult population in the United States is now obese. Internationally, the frequency of obesity has almost tripled since the 1970s. This ...

Scientists are now able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model, researchers ...

Arthritis is a group of musculoskeletal disorders characterized by joint inflammation, pain, stiffness, and reduced range of motion, stemming from factors like genetics, immune system dysfunction, and ...

A team developed a human iPS cell-derived kidney organoid-based proximal tubule-on-chip -- OPTECs-on-Chip -- that mimics in vivo renal physiology more closely than ever before. This model exhibits ...

Using stem cells from patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Cedars-Sinai has created a lifelike model of the mysterious and fatal disease that could help identify a cause of the illness ...

To create a cervix-on-a-chip, the researchers added cells that line the cervical canal to one channel of a microfluidic device. To an adjacent channel, they introduced cervical fibroblasts that form ...

The lung is one of the tissues most sensitive to radiation in the human body. People exposed to high radiation doses following nuclear incidents develop radiation-induced lung injury (RILI), which ...

A stem-cell-based "organ-on-a-chip" model of ALS mimics early biological changes seen in the degenerative disease. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Early in her pregnancy in 2015, Nicole Hashemi wanted to know how much caffeine was safe for her to consume. “I was actually advised not to drink a lot of caffeine,” Hashemi, an associate professor of ...