Researchers have created an <i>in vitro</i> human model of environmental enteric dysfunction in a microengineered Intestine Chip device, providing a window into the complex interplay between malnutrition and genetic factors driving the disease.
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Millions of children in low- and middle-income nations suffer from environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old.