51��Ʒ��Ƶ

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.2 million grant to a multi-institutional project led by the 51��Ʒ��Ƶ to engineer a three dimensional joint-on-a-chip called the “microJoint.” The microJoint will replicate a human joint on a small scale and be used to study and test drugs for the treatment of arthritic joint diseases. 

“We’re building what will be the first joint-on-a-chip that we hope will accurately replicate arthritic diseases in humans, and thus allow in-depth understanding of the disease process that will lead to discovery of potential therapies,” said principal investigator Rocky Tuan, director of the , and distinguished professor in the at 51��Ʒ��Ƶ's School of Medicine.