Tissue Chips: The Greatest Technology You've Never Heard Of

06/01/20 • 16 min

Precision medicine will be available to everyone because of Tissue Chips. Hear the fascinating story of the most important technology you have never heard of before. In this episode of the Amazing Things Podcast, brought to you by United For Medical Research, we take you inside the Tissue Chip program - an NCATS collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and FDA to support the development of bioengineered devices to improve the process of predicting whether drugs will be safe or toxic in humans.

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Amazing Things Podcast - Tissue Chips: The Greatest Technology You've Never Heard Of

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Adam Belmar:

This is Amazing Things. I'm Adam Belmar. In the age of coronavirus and COVID-19, Americans are suddenly more aware than ever before that translating what could be promising in the research laboratory into what will actually be therapeutically helpful for patients takes time and hard work.

President Trump:

Another essential pillar of our strategy to keep America open is the development of effective treatments in vaccines as quickly as possible.

Adam Belmar:<