Singapore team's tiny device can make human skin that can help reduce commercial animal-testing
Skin cells grown on credit-card sized device can help reduce commercial animal-testing
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Dr Massimo Alberti, one of the project's researchers, working on the device, which is made of plastic and can be easily reproduced on a large scale for commercial use.
PHOTO: A*STAR
Cheryl Teh
Researchers here have successfully reconstructed human skin on a compact device which may reduce or eventually replace animal testing.
The credit-card sized device allows for topical skincare and medicinal products to be tested for possible allergic reactions.
