Posted on 07/28/2014 9:55:15 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Emulate Inc. announced the companys launch with a $12 million Series A financing to commercialize a first-in-kind, automated Organs-on-Chips platform that mimics human physiology and diseases, while permitting real-time elucidation of molecular mechanisms of action and toxicity. Emulates proprietary Organs-on-Chips platform achieves a new industry standard by predicting human responses to medicines, chemicals, and toxins more rapidly and with greater fidelity than animal models. The companys mission is to commercialize its Organs-on-Chips bioemulation products, automated platform and software to enhance innovation and accelerate the development of pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetic, and personalized medicine products.
Emulates Organs-on-Chips platform provides, for the first time, a window into the inner-workings of human organs without having to invade a living body, said James Coon, chief executive officer of Emulate. Our unique automated Organs-on-Chips approach to human bioemulation opens up entirely new possibilities to develop products with enhanced properties, improved efficacy and safety, and personalization to patients and consumers. The company will focus on key strengths of integrating design, biology and engineering to create revolutionary products. We are launching Emulate to be a leader in advancing innovative product design across multiple industries including drug development, healthcare, agriculture and consumer health.
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Oy!
I love chopped liver!
This is going to destroy the lab rat business in America. Think of the unemployment, not just among rats, but in the rat ranching industry itself.
>> Think of the unemployment, not just among rats<<
The rats have already taken over all the jobs in government.
Here I was just thinking of getting into the rat ranching business and now this. I’m always a dollar late to the party.
the problem with these simulators is that the aggregate information already known. No room to learn from the information not there.
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