The UK organ-on-a-chip (OOC) company CN Bio has teamed up with LifeNet Health LifeSciences to gain access to the non-profit tissue bank’s validated human cells for use in organ models for life sciences research.
Organ-on-a-chip systems are poised to revolutionize drug development in many ways, say researchers advancing the technology, which could support gender-specific medicine, among other use cases.
Engineered cardiac tissues generated using Tara Biosystems' heart-on-a-chip system predict how patients will respond to a range of drugs, as demonstrated in a recent study with GSK.