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Organoid research: Advanced models, precision medicine, and translational medicine
Long Bai1,2,3 ,
Rui L. Reis4,5* ,
Xiaoyuan Chen6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13* ,
Jiacan Su1,2,14* ,
Changsheng Liu1,15*
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1 Organoid Research Center, Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai , China
2 National Center for Translational Medicine (Shanghai) SHU Branch, Shanghai University, Shanghai , China
3 Wenzhou Institute of Shanghai University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang , China
4 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs-Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Barco , Portugal
5 CVS/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga , Portugal
6 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore
7 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore , Singapore
8 Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore , Singapore
9 Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore , Singapore
10 Clinical Imaging Research Centre, Centre for Translational Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore
11 Nanomedicine Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore
12 Theranostics Center of Excellence (TCE), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore
13 Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) , Singapore
14 Department of Orthopedics, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai , China
15 Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Materials of the Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai , China
Organoid research: Advanced models, precision medicine, and translational medicine
Received: 7 February 2025 | Accepted: 12 February 2025 | Published online: 14 February 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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