Nope, it will not replace your visits to the gym. These chips contain human cells and simulate whole human organs for research purposes.
This particular chip simulates muscle contraction and other phases of the exercise cylce.
“Using a novel bioengineered chip combined with synchronous chemical monitoring, researchers showed that muscle contractions induce insulin production in pancreatic cells. The multi-organ-on-chip, as it is known, could help demystify the biology of diabetes.”
“Organs-on-chips are micro-scale versions of human organs, usually trapped between two layers of silicon or plastic. While these organs-on-chips are not literal miniature clones of the specific organ, the entrapped cells represent the biological, biochemical, and mechanical aspects of the organ on which they are modelled.”
Interesting tech, but I really wanted the chip that simulates a visit to the gym.
Maybe next time.
A multi-organ “gym-on-a-chip” finds exercise directly triggers insulin
