MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 24 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news:

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Brain-on-a-Chip Revolutionizes Fight Against Deadly Encephalitis Viruses

By Lee Ferguson

Inside a lab at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, a transparent chip no bigger than a stick of gum could be changing the way scientists study the human brain and how they fight some of the world's most dangerous viruses.