HUMAC-NAM: A Retina-on-a-Chip

Description. Miniature, living replicas of the human retina designed to test eye disease treatments. By keeping real retinal cells alive in a dynamic micro-environment, these chips can mirror both healthy and diseased eyes. This allows clinicians and scientists to test personalized therapies rapidly, at a large scale, and at a fraction of the cost.

Practical Applications:

·       Fast-Track Drug Discovery: Allows for rapid drug screening and toxicity testing without relying on slow, traditional methods.

·       Personalized Ophthalmology: Replicates a specific patient's disease state to find the exact therapy that will work for them.

·       Ethical Preclinical Research: Replaces or drastically reduces the need for animal testing while providing more accurate data for human biology.