Translational applications of adult stem cell-derived organoids

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 968-975

  Drost, Jarno ^a,b   Clevers, Hans ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Cancer; Disease modelling; Organoids

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER THERAPY; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC DISORDER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; ADULT; CYTOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANOIDS; PRECISION MEDICINE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85015268570     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.140566     Document Type: Article

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