The Gut-on-Chip makes it possible to test the gut microbiota of a patient with cancer, in this case melanoma, while waiting to undergo immunotherapy and to predict the outcome of that therapy.

Hence the researchers' idea to apply "organ-on-chip" technology to the colon with innovative details specifically designed to focus on the link between gut microbiota and immunotherapy.

The Gut-on-Chip makes it possible to test the gut microbiota of a patient with cancer, in this case melanoma, while waiting to undergo immunotherapy and to predict the outcome of that therapy.

In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, National University of Singapore (NUS) scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human intestines condensed into a small chip ...

A lab-on-a-chip is a class of device that integrates and automates multiple laboratory techniques into a system that fits on a chip up to a maximum of a few square centimetres in size. By ...

Prof LIM Chwee Teck (seated), together with Dr Nishanth Venugopal MENON (right) and Dr LEE Jee Yeon (left), from the National University of Singapore, jointly developed the new ‘gut-on-chip ...