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New in vitro multi-organ system offers improved development model, regenerative opportunities

Cincinnati team makes multi-organ systems in lab for disease modeling, regenerative med

September 25, 2019 5:43 PM UTC
Updated on Oct 10, 2019 at 6:13 PM UTC

A new way to generate multi-organ systems in the lab could open up options for drug testing models as well as advance the regenerative medicine space.

Organoids, miniaturized versions of organs grown in a petri dish, have been used in drug development as toxicology and efficacy models. Many, however, are studied in isolation from the other organs that in a patient that would affect their function (see "Abandoning Linear Thinking")...