Emma HartNewton-le-Willows, ENG, United Kingdom
Aug 10, 2015
Harvard researchers have landed the London Design Museum’s 2015 Design of the Year award for their “Organs-on-Chips,” a series of devices that use stem cells to mimic organs of the body. Science experts believe this technology will lead to a paradigm shift in the world of clinical trials and individualized medicine, and will replace animal testing which is ineffective because they do not predict for human patients. Full article below.