Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Impact of Human Organoids towards salvage test of animals

The unconvincing response of test molecules acquired in non-human systems is recognised as the major cause of clinical botches. The unoriginal in vitro methods of drug discovery do nottruly represent the human system. However, the recent developments in Organoid culture are motivating and elevating the hopes for replacing test animals with artificial human tissues.

Organoid culture
Late stage attritions in drug discovery are costly and consuming. Improbable response of test molecules acquired in non-human systems is attributed to be the major cause of clinical failures. While conventional in vitro methods of drug discovery do not trulyrepresent the human system, the animal models used for in vivo validation are also genetically and phenotypically distant from humans. However, recent developments in organoid culture are motivating and elevate hopes for replacing test animals with artificial human tissue models.