University of Arkansas: Department of Defense Funds Development of 'Heart-on-Chip' System for Mitochondrial Diseases
April 22, 2020
April 22, 2020
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, April 22 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
A two-year, $300,000 Department of Defense Discovery Award will enable an interdisciplinary research team to integrate patient-specific cardiac cells on a chip that could lead to testing of therapeutic drugs for treating mitochondrial diseases.
Mitochondrial diseases arise as a result of defects in mitochondria, which are the energy powerhouses of cells. Mitochondrial disease is di . . .
A two-year, $300,000 Department of Defense Discovery Award will enable an interdisciplinary research team to integrate patient-specific cardiac cells on a chip that could lead to testing of therapeutic drugs for treating mitochondrial diseases.
Mitochondrial diseases arise as a result of defects in mitochondria, which are the energy powerhouses of cells. Mitochondrial disease is di . . .