National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the award of contracts for launching the Standardized Organoid Modeling (SOM) Center, a national resource that will be dedicated to using cutting-edge technologies to develop standardized organoid-based new approach methodologies (NAMs) that deliver robust, reproducible, and patient-centered research findings.
The SOM center will initially focus on organoid models of the liver, lung, heart, and intestine, with plans to expand into the brain, thymus, and other disease-specific models.
The Center is designed to support a wide range of users, including:
- Scientists and researchers across academic institutions, industry, and government.
- Regulatory agencies (e.g., FDA) looking for reliable, reproducible human-relevant models for safety assessments.
- Clinicians and precision medicine experts seeking patient-specific models.
- The broader scientific community, including intramural (within NIH) and extramural (outside NIH) researchers, industry partners, and educators.
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