With heart-on-a-chip, researchers study genetic mutation underlying cardiac muscle disease
Device used to observe the effects of a sodium channel mutation that disrupts regular electrical activity in the heart
Tag: Milica Radisic
U of T ‘self-driving lab’ to focus on next-gen human tissue models
The Self-Driving Laboratory for Human Organ Mimicry is one of six self-driving labs launched by the Acceleration Consortium to drive research across a range of fields
Professor Milica Radisic awarded international Humboldt Research prize
Radisic (BME, ChemE) is a leading expert in organ-on-a-chip technology
New CRAFT Tissue Foundry provides infrastructure dedicated to bioengineering innovation
The open research facility at U of T’s Mechanical Engineering Building is an expansion of the partnership between the University and the National Research Council of Canada
Reverse engineering the heart: U of T Engineering team creates bioartificial left ventricle
U of T Engineering researchers have grown a small-scale model of a human left heart ventricle in the lab. The bioartificial tissue construct is made with living heart cells and beats strongly enough
Organ-on-a-chip research identifies new strategy for treating health complications associated with COVID-19
U of T Engineering researchers used lab-grown models of human vasculature to screen potential drug candidate molecules for effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 vascular dysfunction and cytokine storm