Bioengineers are developing microchips, about the size of a thumb, that can behave like human organs. Donald Ingber, director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, discusses how the “organ-on-a-chip” works and why the technology could replace the animal model for drug testing.
Video courtesy of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.
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Don Ingber
Don Ingber is an American cell biologist and bioengineer, the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. He lives in Boston, MA.