Lung stem cell organoids developed to study COVID-19
Two teams of researchers have successfully grown 3D lung models to study the progression of COVID-19...
An artificially grown mass of cells or tissue that resembles an organ.
Two teams of researchers have successfully grown 3D lung models to study the progression of COVID-19...
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, can disrupt the blood-brain barrier in organoids and damage cells in the choroid plexus, which may lead to long-term neurological complications...
Scientists from Stanford University, California, USA have developed a new model system to better study the lung damage that occurs during COVID-19...
by Dr Jay Stone
In a world first, scientists at the University of Minnesota have shown it is possible to 3D print a mini beating human heart...
Researchers used stem cell-derived brain organoids to show that COVID-19 can infect and replicate inside brain cells...
Mini organs are being developed from stem cells to study how the SARS-Co-V2 affects the body...
Scientists in the USA have developed a system to induce hair growth on skin-like structures grafted on to mice...
Pregnancy reduces the risk of breast cancer by reprogramming genes found in breast cells...
Mini versions of mouse reproductive organs have been used to investigate how the most lethal ovarian cancers develop...
Researchers have, for the first time, characterised the epigenetic profile of tumour organoids and made their results available in public databases...
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