Human microbiome metabolites tip the scale in intestinal E. coli infections

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 17:00 in Biology & Nature

A multi-disciplinary team of biological engineers, microbiologists, and systems biologists, whose goal it is to uncover the causes of tolerance to infection exhibited by certain individuals or species, has now succeeded in modeling infection of human colon with EHEC in vitro using a microfluidic Organ-on-a-Chip (Organ Chip) culture device.

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