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Putting human lungs on a microchip

Professor Donald Ingber discusses how microchips lined by living human cells and a robotic smoker are revolutionising research into lung disease

(Photo caption: The cigarettes are lit and burned in the rotating unit of the smoking machine in intervals that mimic the breathing patterns and smoking of real smokers 漏 Wyss Institute at Harvard University)

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2 minutes