Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Fighting Cancer in 3D
June 07, 2019
June 07, 2019
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, June 7 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news:
Studying cancer isn't easy. Mouse models are expensive, biopsies can be inexact, and human cancer patients are (thankfully) in limited supply. So how can researchers make effective and efficient progress? The technology known as "organoids" is one promising answer.
Organoids are spheres of cells cultured from the tumors of cancer patients. They're what experts . . .
Studying cancer isn't easy. Mouse models are expensive, biopsies can be inexact, and human cancer patients are (thankfully) in limited supply. So how can researchers make effective and efficient progress? The technology known as "organoids" is one promising answer.
Organoids are spheres of cells cultured from the tumors of cancer patients. They're what experts . . .