A closer look
Before a new miracle drug is ever allowed to hit pharmacy shelves, scientists must ensure it doesn't accidentally massacre your cellular powerhouses. Enter the Agilent Seahorse XF, a cutting-edge piece of lab equipment dedicated entirely to mitochondrial toxicity screening. It measures the exact oxygen consumption rate of living cells in real-time as they are exposed to a new chemical. If the drug accidentally punches holes in the mitochondrial membrane, the Seahorse catches the cellular suffocation before human trials even begin.
