Cell Culture – News and Features

A UCLA team created a biobank of sarcoma organoids from 126 patients, enabling rapid drug screening. The organoids retained tumor characteristics, allowing identification of effective FDA-approved treatments for 59% of samples.

Individuals with compromised immunity and persistent COVID-19 infections can harbor drug-resistant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which have the potential to spread.

Researchers uncover the dual role of the fifth transmembrane segment (S5) in the type 1 ryanodine receptor (RyR1) channel, crucial for muscle function. These findings offer new insights into improved diagnostics for these severe muscle disorders.

In laboratory tests, bioactive glasses doped with gallium oxide killed more than 99% of osteosarcoma cells, while leaving healthy human osteoblasts unharmed. This could one day form the basis of new bone cancer treatments, researchers say.

A study shows that SARS-CoV-2 triggers immune cells to destroy insulin-producing beta cells, potentially inducing diabetes. Researchers used pancreatic tissue from COVID-19 patients and innovative organoid models to uncover this mechanism.

Start-ups around the world are now making seafood without the sea. Technology Networks spoke to some of them to learn how, why and where might first start selling bioreactor-brewed fish fingers.

Researchers have developed a lab-on-a-chip device using acoustic tweezers to isolate viruses from saliva samples. The Bessel beam excitation separation technology (BEST) effectively separates viruses from other particles by size.

The NIMH has launched a major project to study 250 risk genes for neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders using human stem cells. Researchers aim to understand the genetic factors behind conditions like schizophrenia and autism.

A groundbreaking 3D organoid culture method has been developed for generating large numbers of muscle stem cells in vitro.

Pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death, plays a crucial role in promoting healing and tissue repair. This opens new avenues for understanding how our bodies respond to injury and could lead to innovative treatments.