{"681729":{"#nid":"681729","#data":{"type":"news","title":"3D Microchip Mimics Blood Clots, Potentially Enhancing Treatment Options","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a groundbreaking study published in \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E, researchers from Georgia Tech and Emory University have \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-08804-7\u0022\u003Edeveloped a new model that could enable precise, life-saving medication delivery for blood clot patients\u003C\/a\u003E. The novel technique uses a 3D microchip\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.research.gatech.edu\/node\/2848\u0022\u003EWilbur Lam\u003C\/a\u003E, professor at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and a clinician at Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta, led the study. He worked closely with Yongzhi Qiu, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe significance of the thromboinflammation-on-a-chip model, is that it mimics clots in a human-like way, allowing them to last for months and resolve naturally. This model helps track blood clots and more effectively test treatments for conditions including sickle cell anemia, strokes, and heart attacks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2025\/04\/hs_blood_clot_conditions_04-04-2025\/story.html\u0022\u003ERead the full story from Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Emory researchers developed a novel thromboinflammation-on-a-chip model that could offer medication delivery for blood clot treatments\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and Emory researchers developed a novel thromboinflammation-on-a-chip model that could offer medication delivery for blood clot treatments"}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2025-04-10 19:17:08","changed_gmt":"2025-04-11 17:33:12","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676810":{"id":"676810","type":"image","title":"blood_clot_model.jpg","body":null,"created":"1744312638","gmt_created":"2025-04-10 19:17:18","changed":"1744312638","gmt_changed":"2025-04-10 19:17:18","alt":"Model of a blood clot","file":{"fid":"260654","name":"blood_clot_model.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/10\/blood_clot_model.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/10\/blood_clot_model.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1650802,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/10\/blood_clot_model.jpg?itok=pzf6-6I0"}}},"media_ids":["676810"],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187582","name":"go-ibb"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Neumeister\u003C\/a\u003E | Research Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}