Scientists at Cedars - Sinai and Emulate are using patient - on - a - chip and organ - on - a - chip technology to develop personalised treatments for diseases such as Parkinson 's , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , or Crohn 's , according to an article published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology . The patient - on - a - chip , part of Google 's Human Emulation System , is lined with thousands of living cells , which are then placed inside an organ - on - a - chip . The scientists then expose the cells to software , enabling them to find the best one without causing harm .
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai and Emulate are using patient-on-a-chip and organ-on-a-chip technology to develop personalised treatments for diseases such as Parkinson's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Crohn's, according to an article published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The patient-on-a-chip, part of Emulate's Human Emulation System, is lined with thousands of living cells, which are then placed inside an organ-on-a-chip. The scientists then expose the cells to treatments, enabling them to find the best one without causing harm.