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New Medicines — Minus Animal Testing — Is Pitt Research Goal

February 29, 2024 - Media Coverage

  • Tissue Chip for Drug Screening

Promising Drug-Development Systems Get New U.S. Funding

February 8, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News

  • Tissue Chip for Drug Screening

New NIH-Funded Center Could Soon Reduce the Need for Pharmaceutical Trials on Animals

January 9, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News

  • Tissue Chip for Drug Screening

Tissue Chips in Space Projects Offer Glimpses Into the Biology of Aging

March 23, 2023 - NCATS News

  • Tissue Chip for Drug Screening

The NCATS-led Tissue Chips in Space program sent its final projects to the International Space Station to learn about aging-related diseases and conditions and potentially translate results into treatments that help people on Earth.

New 3-D Model Offers Insights into the Role of Glucose in a Deadly Kidney Disease

January 5, 2023 - NCATS News

  • Tissue Chip for Drug Screening

NIH-supported researchers combined organ-in-a-dish and organ-on-a-chip technologies to better understand polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and show the role of glucose in forming PKD cysts. This approach could lead to ways to test drugs and develop treatments.

Media Advisory: To Find Answers for People on Earth, NIH-Funded Tissue Chips Take Flight

July 13, 2022 - NCATS News

  • Tissue Chip for Drug Screening

Two NIH-funded research teams will send tissue chips to the International Space Station National Laboratory (ISS-NL). The tissue chips will spend several weeks in orbit to collect information about why the aging process causes muscles to lose mass and strength and the immune system to work less effectively.

Last updated on March 31, 2026