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October 22, 2012 02:30 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Mxc9txgXLbk/brain-on-a-chip-for-drug-testi.html
Brain-on-a-chip for drug testing and injury research
Draper Laboratory and University of South Florida researchers are developing a prototype "brain-on-a-chip." No, it's not an AI but rather a combination of living cells and microfluidics in a bio-artificial model of the brain's nerovascular unit, the system of neurons, capillaries, and other cells that control the supply of nutrients to the brain. Eventually, such [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Mxc9txgXLbk/brain-on-a-chip-for-drug-testi.html
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