John Wikswo — The Homunculi and Lessons from Building Organs on Chips
Why are we building two new species: Homo chippus, a milliHuman, and Homo chippiens, a microHuman?
Microfabricated humans-on-a-chip! Why? Because it’s fun and a REAL challenge. Using the tools of physics, chemistry, engineering, physiology and molecular biology, we are exploring the unfathomable complexity that affects our development and growth and individual responses to disease, drugs, and aging. Multidimensional phase space illustrates the variables that affect H. chippus, H. chippiens and the scientists doing the work.
MORE: www.tedxnashville.com/speakers/2013-speakers/dr-john-wiks...
John Wikswo — The Homunculi and Lessons from Building Organs on Chips
Why are we building two new species: Homo chippus, a milliHuman, and Homo chippiens, a microHuman?
Microfabricated humans-on-a-chip! Why? Because it’s fun and a REAL challenge. Using the tools of physics, chemistry, engineering, physiology and molecular biology, we are exploring the unfathomable complexity that affects our development and growth and individual responses to disease, drugs, and aging. Multidimensional phase space illustrates the variables that affect H. chippus, H. chippiens and the scientists doing the work.
MORE: www.tedxnashville.com/speakers/2013-speakers/dr-john-wiks...