Organoid News Volume 3.30 | Aug 4 2022

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    Organoid News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 3.30 – 4 August, 2022
    TOP STORY

    Understanding Immune-Driven Brain Aging by Human Brain Organoid Microphysiological Analysis Platform

    The authors reported the development of a human brain organoid microphysiological analysis platform to discover the dynamic process of immune-driven brain aging.
    [Advanced Science]

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    SARS-CoV-2 VOC Type and Biological Sex Affect Molnupiravir Efficacy in Severe COVID-19 Dwarf Hamster Model

    Researchers evaluated molnupiravir against variants of concern (VOC) in human airway epithelium organoids, ferrets, and a lethal Roborovski dwarf hamster model of severe COVID-19-like lung injury.
    [Nature Communications]

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    N6-Adenomethylation of GsdmC Is Essential for Lgr5+ Stem Cell Survival to Maintain Normal Colonic Epithelial Morphogenesis

    Mettl14 ablation triggered apoptosis that depleted Lgr5+ stem cells and disrupted colonic organoid growth and differentiation, whereas the inhibition of apoptosis rescued Mettl14-deleted mice and organoids.
    [Developmental Cell]

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    Single-Cell and Spatial Mapping Identify Cell Types and Signaling Networks in the Human Ureter

    Scientists defined and spatially mapped cell populations within the human ureter using single-cell RNA sequencing, spatial gene expression, and immunofluorescence approaches.
    [Developmental Cell]

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    Gruffi: An Algorithm for Computational Removal of Stressed Cells from Brain Organoid Transcriptomic Datasets

    The authors analyzed brain organoid and fetal single-cell RNA sequencing data from published and new datasets, totaling about 190,000 cells.
    [EMBO Journal]

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    Mesenchymal Tumor Organoid Models Recapitulate Rhabdomyosarcoma Subtypes

    Investigators described the generation of a collection of 19 pediatric rhabdomyosarcomas tumor organoid models comprising all major subtypes.
    [EMBO Molecular Medicine]

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    Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Confer Protection against SARS-CoV-2 Infection

    Researchers defined multiple pathways by which the gut microbiome protects mammalian hosts from SARS-CoV-2 intranasal infection, both locally and systemically, via production of short-chain fatty acids.
    [Gut Microbes]

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    Label-Free Three-Photon Imaging of Intact Human Cerebral Organoids for Tracking Early Events in Brain Development and Deficits in Rett Syndrome

    The authors demonstrated label-free three-photon imaging of whole, uncleared intact organoids to assess early events of early human brain development.
    [eLife]

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    Aggregation of Cryopreserved Mid-Hindgut Endoderm for More Reliable and Reproducible hPSC-Derived Small Intestinal Organoid Generation

    Researchers reported a method for simple, reproducible, and scalable production of small intestinal organoids based on the aggregation of cryopreservable human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived mid-hindgut endoderm monolayers.
    [Stem Cell Reports]

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    Functional Neuronal Circuitry and Oscillatory Dynamics in Human Brain Organoids

    Scientists extended gastruloid culture conditions to capture features of embryonic blood development through a combination of immunophenotyping, detailed transcriptomics analysis, and identification of blood stem/progenitor cell potency.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    REVIEWS

    Mechanobiological Approaches to Synthetic Morphogenesis: Learning by Building

    The authors review recent advances in synthetic morphogenesis, highlighting how a combination of microfabrication and mechanobiology is fostering our understanding of how tissues are built.
    [Trends in Cell Biology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Clarkson University Professor Awarded NIH Grant for Stem Cell Research

    Clarkson University Biology Professor Kenneth Wallace was recently awarded a $429,000 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development at the National Institute of Health (NIH) to investigate the development of intestinal stem cells using the zebrafish vertebrate model system.
    [Clarkson University]

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    NeuroD Research Group Awarded the Sargenti Research Grant

    Elena Daoutsali and Ronald Buijsen from the NeuroD research group were awarded the Sargenti Research Grant, organized by the Neuroscience Research Theme.
    [NeuroD Lab]

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