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Organoid
An artificially grown mass of cells or tissue that resembles an organ.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Event Review: HDBI Ethics Seminar – Ethics of human brain organoids and human-animal chimaeras
Professor John Evans gives an insightful talk about the US public's opinion on the use of human brain organoids and human-animal chimaeras in research...
Event Review: HDBI Ethics Seminar – Ethics oversight in developmental biology research
Speakers highlighted the need for interdisciplinary dialogue between ethicists and researchers when considering ethical research involving stem cell-based-embryo models...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Kidney organoids could help reduce gene therapy side effects
Side effects of viral-delivered gene therapies have been elucidated using human stem-cell derived kidney organoids...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Brain organoids help identify Alzheimer's drug target
A potential new gene target for Alzheimer's disease treatment has been identified using brain organoids...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Whole-brain organoid mimics brain of 40-day-old fetus
Organoids comprising brain and blood vessel cells have been generated from human pluripotent stem cells, yielding a composition of different cell types similar to that of a 40-day-old fetus...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
3D model of human amniotic sac created from stem cells
A stem cell model of the human amniotic sac, with the ability to mimic the tissues supporting the early embryo, has been developed to study the first weeks of development...