Through the technology—modeling a human heart on an engineered chip and measuring the effects of compound exposure on functions of heart tissue using microelectrodes—researchers hope to decrease the time needed for new drug trials
The revolutionary new approach is based on the observation that plants produce biologically active compounds in response to specific environmental conditions
Professor Michael Farzan, of The Scripps Research Institute has received $4.8 million in funding through a 2017 Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS research