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New Organ-on-Chip for Studying Brain Development with Blood Vessels

Researchers recently used stem cells derived from human skin to recreate the development of brain cells together with blood vessel cells on a chip, leading to the discovery that blood vessels cells play a vital role in the development and function of human brain cells.

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New Research Approach Identifies 171 Drug Candidates for Lung Cancer Treatment

A new research approach screens a library of 200,000 chemical compounds with more than 100 well-characterized, human lung cancer cell lines to identify 'therapeutic triads': potential drug candidates that would kill the cancer cells, biomarkers that would predict who may respond to the candidate drug, and the molecular targets of each active chemical.

Gut Bacteria Linked to Heart Disease

Gut bacteria is linked to arterial stiffness, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.