LoudColin

LoudColin t1_iyl1rm6 wrote

You know what fair. There are obviously systems in which this work is vital such as drug delivery through a long system etc. That sounds fascinating! Definitely never thought of them in such a capacity.

I do think biomimetic co-culture systems from patient samples will become much more common over the next decade, however, even those would have issues studying such problems

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LoudColin t1_iyir51q wrote

Sounds great and all but I feel we’re only taking a partial step with these. The purpose is to apply more context to the drugs but is also only making them slightly more complex as systems. Nothing about immune or other stromal function not to mention the lack of ECM and hormonal/cytokine signaling.

In general I don’t see how this is much better than doing HTP Drug screening in 2D

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