The organ on a chip is a microfluidic culture device that recapitulates the complicated structures and functions associated with the living human organs. The microdevices are composed of a clear flexible polymer that is almost the size of a USB memory stick and comprises hollow microfluidic channels lined up with living human organ cells and human blood vessel cells. These living, three-dimensional cross-sections of the human organs tend to provide a transparent window into their inner workings and the effects that the drugs can have on them, without involving any humans or animals.
The organ on a chip has been designed in order to recreate the natural physiology a...
