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New measures to minimise animal testing to be implemented in Europe
The European Medicines Agency is promoting three principles – replace, reduce and refine – to reduce animal testing in medicine development.
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Investigating neural oscillations in human brain organoids
This article delves into research at the University of California Los Angeles, US, where stem-cell derived brain organoids that can mimic electrical activity have been developed.
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Scientists create organoid biobank to study SARS-CoV-2 genes
Researchers have established an organoid biobank to search for genes that are essential for the spreading of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Novel model developed to resemble aberrant IPF lung epithelium
A new model that closely resembles aged lung epithelium in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has been developed, possibly leading to treatments.
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Brain organoids mimic autism-related head size changes
Scientists have developed brain organoids that recapitulate the head size of autism patients to study the condition as well as possible therapies.
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Record-breaking 3D bioprinter could speed up drug development
Nanoengineers have developed a high-throughput bioprinter that 3D prints at record speed, potentially accelerating drug development.
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Inhibiting REST gene could be clue to new diabetes treatments
A study has shown that inhibiting the REST gene boosted insulin-producing cells during early pancreas development in animals.
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Prime editing method corrects cystic fibrosis in stem cells
A team of scientists used a CRISPR-Cas9 technique known as prime editing to correct cystic fibrosis in cultured human stem cells.
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Personalised organoid models may improve immunotherapy treatment
Researchers have used patient-specific tumour organoid models to improve immunotherapy treatments for appendiceal cancer.
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Stem cell model demonstrates how COVID-19 infects brain cells
Researchers have developed a 3D “assembloid” that presents a potential entry route of COVID-19 into the brain.
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Drug development in stem cell-derived liver organoid models
To ensure that new drugs are effective and have as little toxicity as possible, they first need to be tested in model systems before entering clinical trials. In this Q&A, Dr Takanori Takebe outlines his research into liver organoids derived from stem cells that can be used to test new…
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Using cholangiocyte organoids to regenerate human bile ducts
A team of researchers has shown that injection of cholangiocyte organoids in human livers ex vivo can repair the organs’ bile ducts. In this article, Dr Fotios Sampaziotis explains how his team’s study provides the first proof-of-principle for the efficacy of cellular therapies using organoids in human.
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Drug Target Review Stem Cells ebook 2021
Included in this ebook are articles on stem cell-derived liver organoids and pluripotent cell-derived endothelial cells.
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Drug Target Review Cell & Gene Therapy ebook 2021
In this ebook, discover how organoids can be used in regenerative medicine and how a novel AAV vector for gene therapy was developed.
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Scientists use stem cells to generate rudimentary kidney organoids
Researchers have developed kidney organoids that resemble the collecting duct system, using ureteric bud progenitor cells.
