Geraldine Hamilton: Body parts on a chip

3-Second Blueprint (English)

1. Microfluidic chips culture human organ epithelium and capillary endothelium across a flexible porous membrane under air and fluid flow.
2. Cyclic mechanical stretching mimics physiological breathing forces, enabling real-time imaging of leukocytes engulfing lung bacteria.
3. Linking lung, heart, liver, and stem-cell chips models systemic drug absorption, metabolism, and patient-specific toxicity.