Editor's Summary
5 May 2005
Chips with everything
Model animals, consisting of silicon wafers supporting cell cultures from various vital organs, could revolutionize drug and toxicology testing. Animal experimentation is likely to remain important for the foreseeable future, but 'rat-on-a-chip' research may soon bear fruit in the form of less frequent use of lab animals.
News Feature: Labs on a chip: Meet the stripped down rat
Are wafers of silicon that support cells cultured from vital organs the future of drug testing and toxicology? Roxanne Khamsi talks to the pioneers creating model animals — and humans — on a chip.
doi: 10.1038/435012a