A new human cell 'membrane on a chip' allows continuous monitoring of how drugs and infectious agents interact with our cells, an advance that may be employed to test potential drug candidates for Covid-19, scientists said on Monday.
According to the researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK, Cornell University and Stanford University in the US, the device could mimic any cell type -- bacterial, human or even the tough cells walls of plants.
The devices have been formed on chips while preserving the orientation and functionality of the cell membrane, according to the results published in two papers in