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'Lung-on-a-Chip' Capable of Accurately Replicating Natural Lung

Researchers at Harvard and the Children's Hospital in Boston recently combined lung and blood vessel cells with microchip technology to create what they've dubbed a "lung-on-a-chip." It may sound like the name of a cannibalistic afternoon snack, but the new gadget reportedly behaves and reacts like real lung tissue, and could radically change the way in which medical researchers study human lungs. ...