Drug Testing Using ‘Heart-on-a-Chip’ Steps Closer

March 10, 2015

(Medical News Today) – Drug development is a costly and lengthy business, not helped by the fact there is a high failure rate in drug testing due to the reliance on animal models. Animal biology is not an ideal substitute for human biology, but until something better comes along, it is all we have. Now, a new study suggests the organ-on-a-chip method may offer a more ideal model.