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Microphysiological Systems as Applied for Rare Diseases Therapeutic Development
Hesperos Chief Scientist Dr. J Hickman was a featured speaker at NIH Rare Disease Day, covering how Human-on-a-chip systems are supporting rare diease therapuetics. His talk, titled "Rare Story #3: Microphysiological Systems as Applied for Rare Diseases Therapeutic Development," presented Hesperos's commerically available models and how they have been used to test the efficacy of new pharmaceuticals.
NIH Rare Disease Day brought speakers from Congress, the FDA, Industry, Academia, and patient advocates together to discuss ways to accelerate development of new therapeutics for this underserved population. View Dr. Hickman's talk below or