[Ads-l] A (too?) late candidate for QOTY, medical division

[Laurence Horn]

Or the “stop that simile” division...

From an article in today’s NYT, on a new process developed by Dr. Don Ingber, a Harvard bioengineer, for a ‘vagina on a chip’ to help in treating bacterial infections.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/science/vagina-chip-bacterial-vaginosis.html

The “vagina on a chip” was made from vaginal cells donated by two women. The model was grown inside of silicone rubber chips the size of a stick of gum, forming channels that were responsive to fluctuating estrogen levels and bacteria. The chip successfully mimicked key features of the vaginal microbiome, the swarming communities of bacteria that play a crucial role in the organ’s health, the study found.
The chip is more realistic than other laboratory models of the organ, Dr. Ingber said: “This walks, talks, quacks like a human vagina.”







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