Open AccessModeling Metabolic Diseases with Organoids: A Review
Author(s) -
JF Bustos,
Juan Carlos Alvarado González,
Dar de Abreu,
H Liebisch-Rey,
A Silva,
Daniel Ortiz,
LB Ramírez,
Justus D Ortega,
LG Celis Regalado
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of biomedical research and environmental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2766-2276
DOI - 10.37871/jbres1224
Subject(s) - organoid , function (biology) , computational biology , biology , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology
An organoid is a functional unit of any given organ capable of reproducing under culture, as well as a biological structure similar in both function and structure to its in vivo equivalent. They are miniature-sized functional versions of organs, formed by masses of cells which self-organize to form a three-dimensional structure.