Bioengineered Cellular Systems

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. In-depth survey of the cells, materials, and techniques used to engineer microscale human tissue models (“Organs on Chips”) for applications in disease modeling and drug screening; human primary and stem cell technologies, organs-on-a-chip engineering, and education on historical and contemporary in vitro models that recreate functions of normal, diseased, or drug-treated heart, brain, lung, gut, kidney, tumors, and blood and lymphatic circulation; contemporary tissue chips for space biology, regulatory tools, and industrial applications. Prerequisites: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.