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Organoid Center Strategies for Accelerating Clinical Translation
Takanori Takebe1, James M Wells2, Michael A Helmrath3
1Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Institute of Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; Advanced Medical Research Center, Yokohama City University, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan.
Abstract:
The meteoric rise in stem-cell-derived organoid technologies has ushered in a new era of "organoid medicine." Here we discuss how an organoid center can accelerate the translation of laboratory proof-of-principle experiments into clinical practice by developing and utilizing shared platforms for commercial and medical applications.
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