Organ-on-a-chip platforms for the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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For centuries, traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) have been used for disease treatment and interest in TCMs is growing globally. There are thousands of classic TCM formulas that provide an enormous reservoir to search for potent drugs. A typical example is the discovery of artemisinin from TCMs that inhibits Malaria by YouYou Tu (a 2015 Nobel laureate). However, despite a strong desire to explore the scientific basis for the action of numerous Chinese herbs and TCM formulas, knowledge has been limited due to the complexity of TCM and the lack of the progress in modernization of TCM research.