The immune system is very complicated, but now, it's on a chip: Lymphoid follicles formed in a microfluidic Organ Chip replicate human immune functions and vaccine responses in vitro - Science Daily

Scientists have a new tool to help them tease out the immune system's mysteries. Researchers cultured human B and T cells inside a microfluidic Organ Chip and coaxed them to form functional lymphoid follicles (LFs) -- structures that reside in lymph nodes and…

To quote veteran science writer Ed Yong's simple yet extremely accurate words in The Atlantic, "The immune system is very complicated." As the COVID-19 pandemic had made abundantly clear, science sti… [+8166 chars]

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