Muscle Cells in a Dish

FORT. BELVOIR, VA, UNITED STATES

11.12.2021

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Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department

The nervous system is the body’s network for receiving input from the senses, for telling muscles how to move, and for managing involuntary functions like breathing and maintaining normal blood flow. Because the nervous system does so many things, any new tool is desirable that helps researchers better understand its function which then helps to develop treatments to prevent or fix problems. In research supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Department in its role as the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) for Chemical and Biological Defense, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is developing a two-dimensional cellular model that recreates the function of a nerve cell forming a connection, called a synapse, with a muscle.

• Date Taken: 11.12.2021
• Date Posted: 12.16.2021 10:29
• Category: Video Productions
• Video ID: 821598
• VIRIN: 211112-A-AB123-0001
• Filename: DOD_108681701
• Length: 00:01:20
• Location: FORT. BELVOIR, VA, US