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Preclinical Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment modeled with HUMAN-ON-A-CHIP®

By CandidGoat | May 28, 2020 | Comments Off on Preclinical Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment modeled with HUMAN-ON-A-CHIP®
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PRECLINICAL STAGES OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT MODELED WITH HESPEROS HUMAN-ON-A-CHIP® SYSTEM — Peer-reviewed publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions validates potential of drug discovery platform and ability to study early stages of disease pathology — ORLANDO, Fla. – May 28, 2020 – Hesperos Inc., pioneers of the Human-on-a-Chip® … Read more

Human-on-a-chip for Rare Diseases discussion

By CandidGoat | November 30, 2019 | Comments Off on Human-on-a-chip for Rare Diseases discussion
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HUMAN-ON-A-CHIP FOR RARE DISEASES DISCUSSION In our latest publication, UCF & Hesperos researchers discuss how Human-on-a-chip systems can be used to address the unique challenges facing rare diseases. Researchers cite that rare diseases are “limited by the high cost of research and low target population.” Further Discussion of Human-on-a-chip® technology Researchers further discuss how “Human-on-a-chip … Read more

Human-on-a-Chip to address Rare Disease Challenges

By CandidGoat | November 29, 2019 | Comments Off on Human-on-a-Chip to address Rare Disease Challenges
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NIH Director Features HESPEROS BODY-ON-A-CHIP DEVICE for predicting CANCER DRUG RESPONSES

By CandidGoat | September 30, 2019 | Comments Off on NIH Director Features HESPEROS BODY-ON-A-CHIP DEVICE for predicting CANCER DRUG RESPONSES

Dr. Francis Collins, director of The National Institutes of Health, recently featured Hesperos technology on his blog. In the post, Dr. Collins reviews a published study where Hesperos researchers investigated and treated several cancer lines with existing chemotherapeutics.  The study both treated the cancer while reproducing known toxic effects of specific drugs and their more … Read more

Hesperos Human-on-a-Chip Technology Awarded First Phase of $3.8 Million Milestone-based NIH Grant to Study Opiate Overdoses in Collaboration With UCF

By CandidGoat | September 26, 2019 | Comments Off on Hesperos Human-on-a-Chip Technology Awarded First Phase of $3.8 Million Milestone-based NIH Grant to Study Opiate Overdoses in Collaboration With UCF
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Hesperos, Inc., (www.hesperosinc.com) announced today the University of Central Florida (UCF) received the first phase of a $3.8 million milestone-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for research involving the company’s human-on-a-chip system. “We are grateful to have funding to support research in an area that represents such a large and growing need,” said Dr. … Read more

Human-on-a-Chip Predicts In Vivo Results Based on In Vitro Model for the first time

By CandidGoat | July 3, 2019 | Comments Off on Human-on-a-Chip Predicts In Vivo Results Based on In Vitro Model for the first time
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HUMAN-ON-A-CHIP PREDICTS IN VIVO RESULTS BASED ON IN VITRO MODEL FOR THE FIRST TIME Hesperos’ integrated heart-liver Human-on-a-Chip® shown to correctly determine cardiotoxic mechanisms preclinically and replicate results seen in in vivo studies (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Hesperos Inc., pioneers of the “human-on-a-chip” in vitro system has announced the use of its innovative multi-organ model to successfully measure the concentration and metabolism of two known … Read more

Human-on-a-chip Model Enables Simultaneous Testing of Cancer Drug Efficacy and Off-Target Toxicity to Enable Determination of Therapeutic Index

By CandidGoat | June 19, 2019 | Comments Off on Human-on-a-chip Model Enables Simultaneous Testing of Cancer Drug Efficacy and Off-Target Toxicity to Enable Determination of Therapeutic Index
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In vitro multi-organ system by Hesperos, Inc. realistically replicates the responses of cancer treatments and has potential to inform treatment decisions. ORLANDO, FLA – June 19, 2019 — A reconfigurable “body-on-a-chip” model could transform drug development by simultaneously measuring compound efficacy and toxicity, for both target cells and other organs, such as the heart and … Read more

Hesperos’ Models Under Consideration to Address Opiod Crisis

By CandidGoat | March 18, 2019 | Comments Off on Hesperos’ Models Under Consideration to Address Opiod Crisis
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The interest in our human-on-a-chip model continues to grow.  Last week we brought our systems to the National Center for Translational Science (NCATS) at the NIH in Washington, D.C. to perform a real-time demo using live cells. Hesperos, Inc. is the first company spun out from the Tissue Chip Program at NCATS. In attendance were … Read more

Hesperos’ multi-organ Human-on-a-Chip System Found Effective for Long-Term Toxicology Testing

By CandidGoat | March 1, 2019 | Comments Off on Hesperos’ multi-organ Human-on-a-Chip System Found Effective for Long-Term Toxicology Testing
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HESPEROS’ MULTI-ORGAN “HUMAN-ON-A-CHIP” SYSTEM FOUND EFFECTIVE FOR LONG-TERM TOXICOLOGY TESTING Collaboration between L’Oreal, Hesperos and UCF results in further reduction in reliance on animal testing in drug and cosmetics development (ORLANDO, Fla.) The replacement of animals as test subjects is one step closer to reality with the successful testing of multi-organ “human-on-a-chip” models to recapitulate … Read more

Hesperos at NCATS-NASA State-of-the-Science Meeting

By CandidGoat | January 2, 2019 | Comments Off on Hesperos at NCATS-NASA State-of-the-Science Meeting
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HESPEROS AT NCATS-NASA STATE-OF-THE-SCIENCE MEETING We’ve been forging new frontiers with our human-on-a-chip multi-organ models—could the next one take us into space?  Last month, we traveled to Washington, DC, to attend a workshop with officials from NASA,NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences), and other government officials for a “State-of-the-Science” meeting on 3D tissues and … Read more

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Dr. James J. Hickman elected as Fellow of the National Acadamy of Inventors!

Dr. Hickman’s Presentation at AAPS about Human-On-A-Chip® technology

Future Tech Podcast Interview with James Hickman, PhD, Human-Based Models for Drug Testing