April 2021

Issue highlights:

• Events:
  • Upcoming Meeting: Putting Science into Standards 2021 Edition: Organ-on-Chip
• Publications:
  • Expression of HIV-1 Intron-Containing RNA in Microglia Induces Inflammatory Responses
  • Whole-Exome Sequencing and hiPSC Cardiomyocyte Models Identify MYRIP, TRAPPC11, and SLC27A6 of Potential Importance to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in an African Ancestry Population
  • Applying the CiPA Approach to Evaluate Cardiac Proarrhythmia Risk of Some Antimalarials Used Off-label in the First Wave of COVID-19
• Applications:
  • Plating iCell Cardiomyocytes² on CELLvo^™ Matrix Plus
  • Measuring Electrical Activity of iCell Motor Neurons on MEA with Optional iCell Astrocytes Co-culture