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Tina Bürki sees the placenta-embryo chip as the future for developmental toxicity tests.

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Head over heels: In the placenta-embryo chip, a placental barrier on a porous membrane and an embryonic tissue in a droplet (green) are cultured together, allowing immediate interaction of the two tissue models.

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Ambitious: Empa researcher Manon Murdeu wants to enable tests for embryotoxicity without animal testing.

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Placental cells: Cells isolated from a placenta form a dense layer. Cell nuclei appear blue in this stained preparation, whereas the cell scaffold is green.

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