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Press Release (April 7, 2023)

Two-organ chip to answer fatty liver questions

A new chip that holds different cell types in tiny, interconnected chambers could allow scientists to better understand the physiological and disease interactions between organs. The integrated-gut-liver-on-a-chip (iGLC) platform was designed by scientists at Kyoto University, to improve understanding of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The researchers, together with colleagues in Japan, published their findings in the journal Communications Biology. (More)

Publication information: Communications Biology |DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04710-8
“Integrated gut–liver-on-a-chip platform as an in vitro human model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease”
Authers：Jiandong Yang, Yoshikazu Hirai, Kei Iida, Shinji Ito, Marika Trumm, Shiho Terada, Risako Sakai, Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, Osamu Tabata, and Ken-ichiro Kamei

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Enhancing realism of gut-liver axis model: Organ-on-chip device allows separate flows for gut and liver cells, producing a more realistic model of gut and liver interactions in humans that could be used to study related diseases and their treatments. (See AIP Scilight: https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0013986)

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