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June 19, 2013
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Could the 'lung on a chip' help end animal testing?
n the hunt for a new asthma medication, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co is looking at a new technology for testing potential drugs - a tiny "lung" that lives on a microchip. This is fantastic news for mice who might otherwise have the drugs tested on them.