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Innovator

Chak Ming Leung

Category
Longevity
Country
Singapore
Discipline
Research Scientist
Chak Ming Leung
Date of interview : 2024-09-24
In-Trend’s take:
Who? Chak Ming Leung, Research Scientist and Organs on a Chip (OoC) Expert
What? The chips let tiny versions of organs, made in the lab to resemble real ones, be soaked in a liquid that acts like blood moving through our bodies.
Why? Organs on a chip are on the rise in the Diagnostics field. Opening up the testing space as a new, cost-effective and non-harmful alternative to animal and human testing.

INSIGHTS:

Chak Ming Leung co-authored “A Guide to the Organ-on-a-Chip” in 2022, which clearly outlines the efficacy and future development potential of the technology in health and medical practices:

“Organs-on-chips (OoCs) are systems that contain engineered or natural miniature tissues grown within microfluidic chips. Designed to better mimic human physiology, these chips control cell microenvironments and maintain tissue-specific functions. By combining advances in tissue engineering and microfabrication, OoCs have gained significant interest as a next-generation platform for investigating human pathophysiology and the effects of therapeutics in the body.”