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Three-Dimensional Culture Systems: Spheroids and Organoids
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2026
Three-dimensional (3D) culture systems, including spheroids and organoids, support New Approach Methodology (NAM)-aligned research by providing more physiologically relevant models than conventional two-dimensional cell cultures. Because they more closely resemble the structure and cellular interactions of tissues and organs, these systems can provide physiologically relevant data before advancing to animal studies. Spheroids as Disease and Drug Screening Models Spheroids are generated when one...
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Three-Dimensional Motor Nerve Organoid Generation
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2020
This protocol provides a comprehensive procedure to fabricate human iPS cell-derived motor nerve organoid through spontaneous assembly of a robust bundle of axons extended from a spheroid in a tissue culture chip.
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Organoid Electroporation: A Method to Transfect Plasmid DNA into Gastrointestinal Organoids
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2023
This video describes the electroporation protocol for transfecting large plasmids into three-dimensional gastrointestinal organoids to prove its universal functionality in different entities, namely pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), colorectal cancer (CRC), cholangiocarcinoma (CCC), and gastric cancer (GC) organoids.
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A Defined Hydrogel-Based Method For Generating Three-Dimensional Human Breast Organoids That Recapitulate Mammary Morphogenesis
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2026
This protocol describes a defined hydrogel-based method to generate human breast organoids that recapitulate key features of mammary morphogenesis in a controlled three-dimensional culture system.
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Generation of Three-Dimensional Spheroids/Organoids from Two-Dimensional Cell Cultures Using a Novel Stamp Device
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2025
This study presents a cost-effective and efficient methodology for generating 3D cell structures using a stamp-based system to create microwells in agarose molds. The system promotes the formation of uniform spheroids/organoids, thus improving cell interactions. This approach reduces experimental variability and supports applications in drug testing and tissue engineering.
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Within supportive three-dimensional environments, cells divide, differentiate, and self-organize into specialized cell types and spatial relationships. These coordinated processes allow an organoid to reproduce selected features of an organ rather than merely forming an undifferentiated cell collection. For genetics research, the resulting organization helps investigators examine how gene activity relates to tissue development and disease-associated cellular changes.
Self-organization creates spatial relationships among specialized cells, providing biological context for interpreting genetic effects. A mutation can therefore be examined not only for its influence on individual cells, but also for how it may alter tissue-like organization or development. This makes organoids useful for connecting genetic variation with cellular phenotypes in a human-relevant model.
Researchers can use organoids to link mutations to cellular phenotypes by observing how genetic changes affect the cells and tissue-like structures that develop in culture. This approach supports investigation of inherited disorders and gene function, because the model provides a setting in which altered genetic information can be considered alongside changes in specialized cell types and their spatial relationships.
The starting cell population and the three-dimensional culture environment both influence organoid development. Researchers may begin with stem cells or tissue-derived cells, then maintain them in supportive conditions that permit division, differentiation, and self-organization. The resulting structure reflects selected aspects of the source biology, allowing investigators to focus on particular developmental, disease-related, or genetic features.
Generation begins with stem cells or tissue-derived cells. Researchers place those cells in a supportive three-dimensional environment and maintain culture conditions that allow cell division, differentiation, and self-organization. As development proceeds, specialized cell types and spatial relationships emerge. Investigators can then study how genes, mutations, or disease-associated changes relate to the tissue-like features produced in culture.
Researchers use organoids when they need to examine gene function, connect mutations with cellular phenotypes, or model inherited disorders in tissue-like structures. They can also investigate potential treatments in a human-relevant context. These applications are especially valuable when developmental processes are difficult to study in intact organisms, because organoids provide an experimentally accessible model of selected tissue features.
Organoids can retain aspects of donor or patient biology, allowing genetic and disease-related questions to be studied in a model connected to an individual source. This supports personalized disease research by helping investigators examine how a person’s biological characteristics relate to cellular phenotypes or treatment responses. The approach may also improve understanding of developmental processes that are difficult to study directly.