Current limitations of in vitro human models do not take away from their ... stratified epithelial tissue for exploring more complex biology, including tumor microenvironments, skin, and lung ...

Researchers used tissue samples from patients with an inflammatory skin disease called hidradenitis suppurativa to gain insights into inflammation patterns before and after drug exposure.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is adopting a new initiative to expand the use of innovative, human-based ...

Human cell models may never be as good as the real thing, but we need these models to be as close as possible to understand how diseases develop and progress, and whether treatments are effective.

Traditionally, tiny models of human tissue that mimic human physiology ... they cannot fully recreate the normal biology, limiting their use and application. "Now, we can build microfluidic ...