Scientists have developed a device smaller than a toddler's shoebox -- called Lattice --that can simulate any human disease in up to eight organs (cell cultures from a human organ) or test new drugs without ever entering -- or harming -- the body. It is a major advancement from current in vitro systems, which can only study two cell cultures simultaneously.
Imagine a device smaller than a toddler's shoebox that can simulate any human disease in multiple organs or test new drugs without ever entering -- or harming -- the body.
"When something's happening in the body, we don't know exactly who's talking to whom," said lead scientist Julie Kim, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine."Currently, scientists use dishes that have one or two cell types, and then do in-depth research and analysis, but Lattice provides a huge advancement.
"Since EVATAR, we wanted to make something user friendly, so you don't need engineers on hand to assemble or troubleshoot it," Kim said."We wanted to make it as easy as using a smartphone -- take it out of the box, turn it on and use it -- so researchers can get data and not spend too much time on how to work it in their lab."
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