Inside the Artificial Stomach That Mimics Human Digestion
Mexican researchers ditch boring drug testing with a biomimetic, sausage-loving artificial stomach! This "stomach in a bottle" mimics real stomach movement to test how meds dissolve, paving the way for a future of tastier (well, not really) and more accurate drug testing.
Forget beakers and Bunsen burners, the future of pharmaceutical testing is here, and it involves sausages, melons, and a whole lot of squishing. Researchers at the UNAM Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (ICAT) in Mexico have ditched the rudimentary "shake-it-in-a-tank" method and created a marvel of biomimicry: an artificial stomach that churns, relaxes, and disintegrates food just like the real thing.
This isn't some dystopian vision of replacing human bellies with countertop appliances (although, let's be honest, who wouldn't want a pause button on digestion sometimes?). No, this "stomach in a bottle," as the playful researchers like to call it, is designed to revolutionize drug testing.
