The three-dimensional cell cultures are still in the development phase, but researchers are excited about their use to predict patients’ responses to various treatment options.

The lab-made organoids are fully functional, the team reports, and could aid the study of vascular-related diseases such as diabetes.

A mouse study details a method called VIVO that predicts the accuracy of any guide RNA.

In an in vitro study, the compound completely blocked the replication of rhinoviruses.

Researchers stumbled across the connection while searching for ways to reduce vision problems in people with achromatopsia.

In a process known as vomocytosis, macrophages swallow pathogens whole only to spew them back out later, unharmed.

The antimalarial drug reduces the number of infected Vero and human brain microvascular endothelial cells—among other cell types—in culture, researchers report in a preprint.

Scientists produce a tissue-like material containing hundreds of light-activated compartments that transmits an electrical signal when illuminated.

From the tissue of numerous colon cancer patients, researchers build 3-D cultures of tumors.

More than 50 years after cross-contamination of cultured cell lines was recognized, the problem continues to plague the scientific community.

Within days of their transfer to a dish, a certain epigenetic mark vanishes from mouse cells.

A miniature platform with multiple organ-on-a-chip constructs aims to speed up drug discovery—and create better transplants for patients.

Meet the researchers behind ATHENA, the project that aims to create a system of linked model human organs that may revolutionize drug development.