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Light-Activated, Bioengineered Neuromuscular Tissue Could Lead to New Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders (2 of 5)

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Light-Activated, Bioengineered Neuromuscular Tissue Could Lead to New Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders (2 of 5)

image: A photo of the microfluidic device, about the size of a US quarter, designed to emulate the formation of neuromuscular junctions in vitro. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 3, 2016, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.G.M. Uzel at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues was titled, "Microfluidic device for the formation of optically excitable, three-dimensional, compartmentalized motor units." view more 

Credit: Sebastien Uzel


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