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Published on January 30, 2019
The risk of death, like the risk of disease, rises with age. That much is obvious. What is less obvious is that for mortality and disease, the underlying risk dynamics—what might be called the actuarial contours of decline—are closely associated. In fact, the contours are so similar that scientists suspect…
Published on April 8, 2022
A research team at Wyss has discovered that applying mechanical forces that mimic breathing motions to lung cells on a chip suppresses influenza virus replication by activating protective innate immune responses. The team also identified several drugs that reduced the production of inflammatory cytokines in infected Alveolus Chips, which could…