# Mice Don’t Menstruate: Reimagining Women’s Health Using Organ Chips with Dr. Donald Ingber Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/innovate-and-elevate-6703724/mice-don-t-menstruate-reimagining-women-s-health-using-organ-chips-with-dr-donald-ingber Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/innovate-and-elevate-6703724/mice-don-t-menstruate-reimagining-women-s-health-using-organ-chips-with-dr-donald-ingber.md Podcast: [Innovate and Elevate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/innovate-and-elevate-6703724) Published: 2024-05-07T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.innovateandelevatepodcast.com/episodes/organ-chip-technology-with-dr-donald-inbger Audio file: https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/7ba9d271-d6d1-484b-8465-f7a4998126be/Innovate-Elevate-EP5-audio.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/innovate-and-elevate-6703724/episodes/mice-don-t-menstruate-reimagining-women-s-health-using-organ-chips-with-dr-donald-ingber Duration seconds: 1657 ## Resource In this episode, Sharon is joined by Dr. Donald Ingber, Founding Director at Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.  Dr. Ingber’s commitment to following his passion has led him to countless medical and technological breakthroughs, including organ-chip technology. These incredible chips recreate the structure and function of human organs. Drugs can be administered through organ-chips so that blood impact can be monitored. Once more widely adopted, organ-chip testing will be able to replace animal testing. As Dr. Ingber shares, the results will surpass those of animal testing. The organ-chip technology already includes women’s health models and holds great promise to revolutionize this under-invested area. Because animals, namely mice, do not have menstrual cycles, their biological environments are already skewed to test any women’s health-related projects. Organ-chips are a great solution to close the data gap. Dr. Ingber shares two projects underway in partnership with the Gates Foundation: to create a cure for bacterial vaginosis and to create a non-hormonal contraceptive.  Dr. Ingber highlights the importance of nurturing the business side of scientific breakthroughs so that innovations can reach patients. Twenty percent of Harvard’s intellectual property comes out of the Wyss Institute, and both funding and mentorship play crucial roles in that success metric.   Episode Outline (00:53) Meet Dr. Donald Inbger  (02:11) Where Art Meets Science: Inside The Brilliant Mind of Dr. Ingber  (07:08) What Is Organ-on-a-Chip Technology?  (13:17) Reimaging Women’s Health with Organ-Chips (21:11) Think Outside The Box: Bringing Innovation to Life  Connect with Sharon Connect with Sharon on LinkedIn: Sha… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/innovate-and-elevate-6703724/episodes/mice-don-t-menstruate-reimagining-women-s-health-using-organ-chips-with-dr-donald-ingber/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/innovate-and-elevate-6703724/mice-don-t-menstruate-reimagining-women-s-health-using-organ-chips-with-dr-donald-ingber.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.