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- noun Plural form of
organoid .
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Writing in the journal Nature, Wells's team showed they could transform these cells into what they called organoids -- batches of intestinal tissue made out of the layers of the various cells that make up intestine, including muscle cells and the cells that line the inside of the gut and that produce several vital compounds.
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Writing in the journal Nature, Wells's team showed they could transform these cells into what they called organoids -- batches of intestinal tissue made out of the layers of the various cells that make up intestine, including muscle cells and the cells that line the inside of the gut and that produce several vital compounds.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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The search for anti-cancer drugs has thus entered a new stage in which researchers increasingly utilize organotypic model systems to more directly explore drug targets on multicellular organoids, often enriched for stem cells
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ville Härmä et al. 2010
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Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) or human mammary MCF10A cells can form similarly structured organoids, comprised of a monolayer of polarized epithelial cells with their apical surfaces facing a single central lumen.
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Over the past five years, scientists have worked to make these “mini-brains,” or cerebral organoids, more like the real thing.
The Oldest Mini-Brains Have Lifelike Young Cells | Quanta Magazine Jordana Cepelewicz 2020
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These tiny structures, known as brain organoids, are grown from human stem cells and have become a familiar fixture in many labs that study the properties of the brain.
Can lab-grown brains become conscious? Sara Reardon 2023
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Model systems called organoids mimic the cellular make-up of organs, such as the gut and the lungs.
These 3D model brains with cells from several people are first of their kind Asher Mullard 2024
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Over the past decade, researchers have coaxed stem cells to form 3D clusters of neural tissue known as organoids, bathing the cells in carefully formulated chemical cocktails to generate brain regions such as the thalamus, where sensory information is processed, and the striatum, which integrates movement and reward signals.
Brain tissues, assemble! Inside the push to build better brain models Elie Dolgin 2025
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