Organoid News Volume 2.18 | May 13 2021

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    Vol. 2.18 – 13 May, 2021
    TOP STORY

    Generation of Hypothalamic Arcuate Organoids from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Researchers report the generation of arcuate organoids from human iPSCs to model the development of the human hypothalamic arcuate nucleus.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    Lung Cancer Organoids Analyzed on Microwell Arrays Predict Drug Responses of Patients within a Week

    The authors adapted a mechanical sample processing method to generate lung cancer organoids from surgically resected and biopsy tumor tissues.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Mechanical Plasticity of Collagen Directs Branch Elongation in Human Mammary Gland Organoids

    Investigators reported that epithelial ductal elongation within human mammary organoid branches relied on the non-linear and plastic mechanical response of the surrounding collagen.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Intelligent Acoustofluidics Enabled Mini-Bioreactors for Human Brain Organoids

    Researchers demonstrated that their mini-bioreactors could stably maintain the rotational speed of organoids during long-term culture, and enhance neural differentiation and uniformity of organoids.
    [Lab On A Chip]

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    SARS-CoV-2 Targets Glial Cells in Human Cortical Organoids

    Investigators used human embryonic stem cell-derived cortical organoids to investigate whether SARS-CoV-2 could infect brain tissue in vitro and found that cortical organoids could be infected at low viral titers and within six hours.
    [Stem Cell Reports]

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    Prostate Cancer Patient-Derived Organoids: Detailed Outcome from a Prospective Cohort of 81 Clinical Specimens

    Investigators report on efforts to generate patient‐derived organoids from a cohort of 81 prostate cancer specimens with diverse pathological and clinical features. They comprehensively analyzed histological features of each enrolled sample and correlated it with organoid growth patterns.
    [Journal of Pathology]

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    Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Subgroup A and B Infections in Nasal, Bronchial, Small-Airway, and Organoid-Derived Respiratory Cultures

    Scientists compared the replicative fitness and human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV)-induced innate cytokine responses of HRSV-A and HRSV-B strains in disease-relevant cell culture models.
    [mSphere]

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    Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Regulates the Intestinal Stem Cell State through CtBP2

    Using a novel screening method, investigators identified novel transcription factors that regulated the intestinal stem cell fate upon endoplasmic reticulum stress.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    LINGO3 Regulates Mucosal Tissue Regeneration and Promotes TFF2 Dependent Recovery from Colitis

    The authors found that LINGO3 was broadly expressed on human enterocytes and sparsely on discrete cells within the crypt niche, that contained intestinal stem cells.
    [Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology]

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    REVIEWS

    Building Consensus on Definition and Nomenclature of Hepatic, Pancreatic, and Biliary Organoids

    To promote the standardization and validation of hepatic, pancreatic, and biliary organoids, scientists propose guidelines for establishing, characterizing, and benchmarking future systems.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    A Roadmap of In Vitro Models in Osteoarthritis: A Focus on Their Biological Relevance in Regenerative Medicine

    Investigators review the state-of-the-art of preclinical in vitro models in osteoarthritis and outline how the different preclinical systems may be valid tools in regenerative medicine, describing their pros and cons.
    [Journal of Clinical Medicine]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    MIMEDX Announces Collaborative Agreement with The Wake Forest Institute For Regenerative Medicine

    MIMEDX Group, Inc. announced a collaborative agreement with the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine to develop and advance scientific evidence in support of safe and effective clinical therapies. The partnership reflects a shared vision to advance regenerative science and innovative biologics that restore quality of life for patients, and is geared to further understanding product mechanisms of action and potential therapeutic targets.
    [MIMEDX Group, Inc.]

    Press Release

    Accelerated Biosciences’ Immune-Privileged Human Trophoblast Stem Cells (hTSCs) Offer Breakthrough Opportunities in Cancer-Targeting Therapeutics and Regenerative Medicine Treatments

    Accelerated Biosciences announced new data that further demonstrates statistically significant cytolysis with iPSc-derived natural killer cells programmed from its ethically sourced hTSCs.
    [Accelerated Biosciences (BusinessWire, Inc.)]

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