Organoid News Volume 4.31 | Aug 10 2023

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    Organoid News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 4.31 – 10 August, 2023
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    Dynamic Matrices with DNA-Encoded Viscoelasticity for Cell and Organoid Culture

    Investigators reported on fully synthetic hydrogels based on DNA libraries that self-assembled with ultrahigh-molecular-weight polymers, forming a dynamic DNA-crosslinked matrix.
    [Nature Nanotechnology]

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    Electro-Metabolic Coupling in Multi-Chambered Vascularized Human Cardiac Organoids

    Scientists reported the generation of multi-chambered self-paced vascularized human cardiac organoids formed under anisotropic stress and their applicability to the study of cardiac arrhythmia.
    [Nature Biomedical Engineering]

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    Nanowired Human Cardiac Organoid Transplantation Enables Highly Efficient and Effective Recovery of Infarcted Hearts

    Researchers showed cardiac organoids engineered with electrically conductive silicon nanowires significantly enhanced the therapeutic efficacy of hPSC-derived cardiomyocytes to treat infarcted hearts.
    [Science Advances]

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    Modifications of Lipid Pathways Restrict SARS-CoV-2 Propagation in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived 3D Airway Organoids

    The authors generated iPSC-derived airway organoids (AOs) that resembled the human native airway. They subjected iPSC-AOs to SARS-CoV-2 infection and investigated the treatment effect of lipid modifiers statin drugs.
    [Journal of Advanced Research]

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    Macrophage-Organoid Co-Culture Model for Identifying Treatment Strategies against Macrophage-Related Gemcitabine Resistance

    To investigate the effects of macrophage stimulation on gemcitabine resistance, co-cultures were set up using patient-derived organoids from three pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients with macrophages.
    [Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research]

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    Single-Cell Sequencing of Individual Retinal Organoids Reveals Determinants of Cell-Fate Heterogeneity

    Scientists applied sci-Plex, a single-cell combinatorial indexing-based RNA sequencing multiplexing method to retinal organoids.
    [Cell Reports Methods]

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    SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Entry Is Type II Transmembrane Serine Protease-Mediated in Human Airway and Intestinal Organoid Models

    The authors investigated which entry route SARS-CoV-2 Omicron takes in relevant cell models of the human airway and intestine.
    [Journal of Virology]

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    Low-Dose Radiation Induces Unstable Gene Expression in Developing Human iPSC-Derived Retinal Ganglion Organoids

    Investigators analyzed the gene expression characteristics of neuronal organoids containing immature human retinal cells under low-dose radiation and predicted their changes.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    USH2A Variants Causing Retinitis Pigmentosa or Usher Syndrome Provoke Differential Retinal Phenotypes in Disease-Specific Organoids

    Researchers reported a long-awaited differential non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome phenotype in three human disease-specific models: fibroblasts, iPSCs, and mature iPSC-derived retinal organoids.
    [HGG Advances]

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    REVIEWS

    The Emerging Role of Heart-on-a-Chip Systems in Delineating Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction

    The authors summarize the current understanding of potential mechanisms that drive SARS-CoV-2-induced cardiac dysfunction based on in vitro studies.
    [Bioengineering & Translational Medicine]

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    The Role of Organoids in Cancer Research

    Scientists focus on recent advances in the application of organoids in cancer research and discuss the opportunities and challenges facing organoid research.
    [Experimental Hematology & Oncology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    NIH Researchers Say Agency Seeks to Block Unionization Effort

    Early-career researchers who work in labs operated by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have hit a roadblock on their way to unionizing.
    [Science Insider]

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