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Researchers Create Living Human Gut-On-a-Chip

Posted by timothy on from the waiting-for-the-snl-sketch dept.

cylonlover writes "In an effort to provide a more accurate alternative to conventional cell culture and animal models, researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a microdevice that mimics the structure, physiology, and mechanics of the human intestine. The so-called 'gut-on-a-chip' could help provide new insights into intestinal disorders and be used to evaluate the safety and efficacy of potential treatments."

4 of 22 comments (clear)

  1. Pfffffffrrrt by Nursie · · Score: 2

    This is just the latest iteration of the high-tech fart joke, isn't it?

  2. That's nothing by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 4, Funny

    They built a gut on a chip? That's nothing... I built my gut on chips back in the 90's.

    The real challenge was laying off the chips to make the gut shrink again.

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  3. Stop thinking here... and start thinking HERE. by Sneftel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Forget "brain-on-a-chip" neural simulation FPGAs... The new hotness is "gut feeling"-based reasoning.

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  4. Wow by ThatsNotPudding · · Score: 2

    No shit?
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    No, seriously; is there any?