Liver-Chip Predicts the Toxicity of Drug Candidates Across Species (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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Liver-Chip Predicts the Toxicity of Drug Candidates Across Species (1 of 1)

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The scientists used their chips to study the effects of drugs such as TAK-875 on liver health, mitochondrial function (red) and reactive oxygen species (cyan). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 6, 2019, issue of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.-J. Jang at Emulate Inc. in Boston, MA; and colleagues was titled, "Reproducing human and cross-species drug toxicities using Liver-Chips."

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[Credit: K.-J. Jang <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2019)]

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