Triad researchers developing chemical treatments with simulated organs [Video]

BEGIN AT 2:30 P.M. RESEARCHERS IN THE TRIAD ARE YET AGAIN MAKING LEAPS AND BOUNDS IN ADVANCING MODERN MEDICINE. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS IS IN DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM WITH AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW A $48 MILLION GRANT COULD IMPACT YOUR CARE IN THE FUTURE. IT’S LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF SCIENCE FICTION USING TECHNOLOGY TO SIMULATE THE HUMAN BODY, TO DEVELOP TREATMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO DAMAGING CHEMICALS. DOCTOR ANTHONY ATALA OF THE WAKE FOREST INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE SAYS WHEN IT COMES TO MODERN MEDICINE, 90% OF DRUGS THAT ENTER CLINICAL TRIALS IN HUMANS FAIL TO ENTER FULL PRODUCTION BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS RESEARCHERS FAILED TO DETECT. BUT RESEARCH INTO A BODY ON A CHIP TECHNOLOGY MAY CHANGE THAT STATISTIC, WHICH IS BASICALLY A MINIATURE COLLECTION OF TISSUES AND ORGANS THAT WE CAN USE. THE SURROGATES TO TEST DRUGS. WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF ORGANS, INCLUDING LUNGS, SKIN, HEARTS, BRAINS. THIS …