Researchers Use 3D Printing to Create Organoids for Drug Testing in Monitored Body-On-A-Chip System
“An organ-on-a-chip is a micro physiological system – a small cell culture chip that can mimic the structure and function of living human tissue. Organs-on-chips are helpful in terms of drug testing, and may one day even render animal testing non-essential, which would be great news. However, these small systems are not foolproof, and it’s just as important to test how the body as a whole reacts and responds to drugs as it is to test individual organs themselves. Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), with the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, have used 3D printing technology to create micro hearts, livers, and lungs that could be used for new drug testing. These micro 3D organs, or organoids, are then combined in a monitored system, known as a body-on-a-chip, so researchers can replicate how the human body as a whole responds to medications…”
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https://3dprint.com/190142/body-on-a-chip-system-organoids/