Airway muscle-on-a-chip to aid in search for new asthma treatments

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Unfortunately for asthma sufferers and those looking to develop new treatments to help them, animal models traditionally used to test potential new drugs don't always mimic human responses. Joining lungs and guts, scientists at Harvard's Wyss Institute have now developed a human airway muscle-on-a-chip that could help in the search for new treatments for asthma. The device accurately mimics the way smooth muscle contracts in the human airway, both under normal circumstances and when exposed to asthma triggers. .. Continue Reading Airway muscle-on-a-chip to aid in search for new asthma treatments

Section: Medical

Tags: Asthma, Harvard, Lab on a Chip, Wyss Institute

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