Researchers Developing Miniaturized Versions Of Human Organs-On-A-Chip.

reports that “teams of academic and government researchers” and multiple start-ups “have created human organs-on-chips.” The new technology, which is under FDA evaluation, involves “miniaturized versions” of organs and “offers a less time-consuming and costly” method for testing “drugs, foods, cosmetics and dietary supplements for efficacy and toxicity.” According to CNBC, the first successful chip was developed in 2010 by Harvard’s Wyss Institute, which two years later was part of a larger project “backed by a $37 million grant from the federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Institutes of Health and the FDA.” https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/14/fda-tests-groundbreaking-human-organs-on-a-chip.html