New hydrogel can take organoids from dish to clinic
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a gel for growing miniaturized body organs that can be used in clinical diagnostics and drug development. Organoids are miniature organs that can be grown in the lab from a person's stem cells. They can be used to model diseases, and in the future could be used to test drugs or even replace damaged tissue in patients.