‘Desktop Human’ Aids in Toxicity Screening

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, working in conjunction with researchers at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, and others, have created ATHENA, the Advanced Tissue-engineered Human Ectypal Network Analyzer. They say that this project, which is focused on creating surrogate human organs, coupled with input from highly sensitive mass spectrometry technologies, could revolutionize the way drugs and toxic agents are screened.