The US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center is funding this program with $24 million as part of a larger effort by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. “Miniature lab-engineered organ-like hearts, lungs, livers, and blood vessels – linked together with a circulating blood substitute – will be used both to predict the effects of chemical and biologic agents and to test the effectiveness of potential treatments,” Atala said to Popular Mechanics.
The goal of the body-on-a-chip program, however, is quite different. After the miniaturized human system is complete, it will be used to model the body's response to contagions such as the Ebola virus or weaponized gases including sarin and ricin. The funding for this program, awarded September 2013, came through the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center and is part of a larger effort by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, which has a vested interest in the military and defense uses for this technology.
(http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a15071/artificial-heart-cells-beating-video-wake-forest/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:%20Trending%20Content&utm_content=552e6c0644e3b15200000001)
(http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/04/18/modular-3d-bioprinted-beating-heart-made-from-skin-cells/)
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