Organoid News Volume 4.38 | Sept 29 2023

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    Organoid News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 4.38 – 28 September, 2023
    TOP STORY

    Assembloid CRISPR Screens Reveal Impact of Disease Genes in Human Neurodevelopment

    Researchers integrated assembloids with CRISPR screening to investigate the involvement of 425 neurodevelopmental disorder genes in human interneuron development.
    [Nature]

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    Spatiotemporal, Optogenetic Control of Gene Expression in Organoids

    Scientists combined optogenetics and gene perturbation technologies to activate or knock-down RNA of target genes in programmable spatiotemporal patterns.
    [Nature Methods]

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    Heart and Kidney Organoids Maintain Organ-Specific Function in a Microfluidic System

    Investigators developed a microfluidic system which can be used to study heart and kidney interaction in vitro.
    [Materials Today Bio]

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    Modeling Early Human Cortical Development and Evaluating Neurotoxicity with a Forebrain Organoid System

    The authors established a forebrain organoid system and recapitulated early human cortical development spatiotemporally including neuroepithelium induction, apical-basal axis formation, and neural progenitor proliferation and maintenance.
    [Environmental Pollution]

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    Sesamol Serves as a p53 Stabilizer to Relieve Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression and Inhibits the Growth of Synovial Organoids

    Researchers illuminated the bioactivity and mechanisms of sesamol in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes, and aimed to estimate the potential clinical application value of sesamol in RA treatment.
    [Phytomedicine]

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    Investigation of the Effects of Phthalates on In Vitro Thyroid Models with RNA-Seq and ATAC-Seq

    Investigators analyzed the response of mouse thyroid organoids to the exposure to a biologically relevant dose range of the phthalates bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, di-iso-decylphthalate, di-iso-nonylphthalate, and di-n-octylphthalate for 24 h.
    [Frontiers in Endocrinology]

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    Clonal Evolution of Long-Term Expanding Head and Neck Cancer Organoid: Impact on Treatment Response for Personalized Therapeutic Screening

    To investigate whether head and neck cancer organoids could maintain the genetic characteristics of their original tumors and elucidate the clonal evolution process during a long-term passage, researchers performed targeted sequencing, covering 377 cancer-related genes.
    [Oral Oncology]

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    TP53-PTEN-NF1 Depletion in Human Brain Organoids Produces a Glioma Phenotype In Vitro

    Scientists presented a genetically engineered human cerebral organoid model with a cancer-like phenotype that could provide a basis for glioblastoma-like models.
    [Frontiers in Oncology]

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    Microbiota-Derived Butyrate Dampens Linaclotide Stimulation of the Guanylate Cyclase C Pathway in Patient-Derived Colonoids

    Human-derived intestinal organoids were grown from pediatric disorders of gut-brain interaction and non-IBD colon biopsies. Colonoids were treated with 250 nM linaclotide and assayed for cGMP to develop a model of guanylin cyclase C activity.
    [Neurogastroenterology And Motility]

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    REVIEWS

    Lung Cancer Organoids: Models for Preclinical Research and Precision Medicine

    The authors present a comprehensive review on the construction methods and potential applications of lung cancer organoids in both preclinical and clinical research.
    [Frontiers in Oncology]

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    Stem Cell-Derived Organoid Models for SARS-CoV-2 and Its Molecular Interaction with Host Cells

    There is an urgent need for physiological models to study SARS-CoV-2 infection during the pandemic. Human stem cell-derived organoids can provide insight into understanding the SARS-CoV-2 cell entry molecular mechanism.
    [Molecular Biology Reports]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Arc Institute Announces New Cohort of Investigators To Pursue Curiosity-Driven Research

    Arc Institute announced the selection of its new fully funded Core Investigator and first Science Fellow, along with its first Innovation Investigators and Ignite Award Recipients.
    [Arc Institute]

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