A new ventilator-on-a-chip model to study lung damage
news.osu.edu
For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs.In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model developed at The Ohio State University, researchers found that shear stress from the collapse and reopening of the air sacs is the most injurious typ...
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Original Title: For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. Using a ventilator-on-a-chip model, researchers found shear stress from the collapse and reopening of air sacs is the most injurious type of damage.