“Tissues in a Dish”: A Review of Organoids in Plastic Surgery

Summary: Organoids are in vitro miniaturized organ models—or, colloquially, “organs in a dish.” These 3-dimensional, multicellular structures are classically derived from pluripotent or multipotent stem cells. When guided by tissue-specific molecular factors, these cells exhibit self-organizing abil...

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Main Authors: Malini S. Chinta, BA, Heather E. desJardins-Park, BA, Derrick C. Wan, MD, Michael T. Longaker, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-04-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002787