new microfluidic chip replicates muscle nerve connection /

Published at 2016-08-04 02:02:04

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MIT engineers fill developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction—the vital connection where nerve meets muscle. The device,about the size of a U.
S. quarter, contains a single muscle strip and a small set of motor neurons. Researchers can influence and observe the interactions between the two, or within a realistic,three-dimensional matrix.

Source: phys.org

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