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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Emulate, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Geraldine A. Hamilton, Boston, MA (US);
Norman Wen, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Catherine Karalis, Brookline, MA (US);
Antonio Varone, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Daniel Levner, Brookline, MA (US);
Riccardo Barrile, Boston, MA (US);
EMULATE, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to a microfluidic platforms or 'chips' for testing and understanding cancer, and, more specifically, for understanding the factors that contribute to cancer invading tissues and causing metastases. Tumor cells are grown on microfluidic devices with other non-cancerous tissues under conditions that simulate tumor invasion. The interaction with immune cells can be tested to inhibit this activity by linking a cancer chip to a lymph chip.