New research helps explain how inflammation increases COVID-19 vulnerability
Cristiane Miranda França, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., a research assistant professor of restorative dentistry in the OHSU School of Dentistry, and colleagues created two models to simulate large and small blood capillaries. She demonstrates this process by creating a reaction through a slide with engineered blood capillaries. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Tooth-on-a-chip
(Left to right) Drs. Cristiane Franca, Luiz E. Bertassoni, and Anthony Tahayeri look at data from their "tooth-on-a-chip," a device that allows researchers from the Bertassoni Lab to at OHSU observe how teeth interact with reconstruction materials and bacteria. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
Tooth-on-a-chip
A new device called "tooth-on-a-chip" is allowing researchers from Dr. Luiz Bertassoni's OHSU lab to observe how teeth interact with reconstruction materials and bacteria. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
Tooth-on-a-chip
Researchers observe a test of the new device called "tooth-on-a-chip" which allows researchers from Dr. Luiz Bertassoni's OHSU lab to observe how teeth interact with reconstruction materials and bacteria. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
Tooth-on-a-chip
(Left to right) Drs. Cristiane Franca, Luiz E. Bertassoni, and Anthony Tahayeri have created the "tooth-on-a-chip," a device that allows researchers from the Bertassoni Lab to at OHSU observe how teeth interact with reconstruction materials and bacteria. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
Tooth-on-a-chip
A new device called "tooth-on-a-chip" is allowing researchers from Dr. Luiz Bertassoni's OHSU lab to observe how teeth interact with reconstruction materials and bacteria. A sliver of dentin material (center) is placed between two channels, allowing scientists to observe the tooth as it interacts with materials and bacteria. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
Tooth-on-a-chip
A new device called "tooth-on-a-chip" is allowing researchers from Dr. Luiz Bertassoni's OHSU lab to observe how teeth interact with reconstruction materials and bacteria. A sliver of dentin material (center) is placed between two channels, allowing scientists to observe the tooth as it interacts with materials and bacteria. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
Tooth-on-a-chip
(Left to right) Anthony Tahayeri, and Drs. Cristiane Franca and Luiz E. Bertassoni, work with a new device called "tooth-on-a-chip" that allows researchers from the Bertassoni Lab to at OHSU observe how teeth interact with reconstruction materials and bacteria. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
