The use of three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models is considered a reliable model that is successfully used for high-throughput drug testing in carcinoma research. However, the development of soft tissue sarcoma organoids is lagging behind. Soft tissue sarcoma is a group of rare malignancies from

Last updated on: 10-07-2024 - 15:13

Contact: Lore De Cock
Organisation: Laboratory of Experimental Oncology
Status: Still in development
Using the combination of advanced CRIPSR tools including several Cas orthologs, based editors (ABE, CBE, CGBE) and prime editing technologie with efficient delivery vehicles such as LV, AAV and virus-like particles (VLPs), our lab has become experienced with introducing or replacing precise edits in

Last updated on: 21-06-2024 - 11:29

Contact: Marianne Carlon
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Partners: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Still in development, Internally validated
The DETECTOR algorithm allows to functionally screen genetic strategies for Cystic Fibrosis in patient-derived rectal organoids. DETECTOR is a machine-learning based software that takes frames from forskolin-induced swelling (FIS) assay on organoids as input and gives the number of functionally

Last updated on: 10-06-2024 - 11:17

Contact: Marianne Carlon
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
Through leveraging our combined computational and biological knowledge, we have proven expertise supporting clients in: (1) Evaluating and validating the potential for predictive modeling within your projects, (2) Developing and applying machine learning techniques and other AI-based

Last updated on: 11-03-2024 - 13:31

Contact: Cannot be disclosed
Organisation: BioLizard
Status: History of use, Internally validated, Validated by an external party (e.g. OECD, EURL ECVAM,…)
Through leveraging our combined computational and biological knowledge, we have proven expertise supporting clients in: (1) Developing and applying a range of statistical methods tailored to specific problem settings in both clinical and non-clinical datasets, (2) Integrating multi-omics

Last updated on: 11-03-2024 - 13:30

Contact: Cannot be disclosed
Organisation: BioLizard
Status: History of use, Internally validated, Published in peer reviewed journal, Validated by an external party (e.g. OECD, EURL ECVAM,…)
Adult intestinal stem cells are grown into closed 3D structures with protruding buds and a luminal compartment. These 3D structures are produced from the stem cells present in the base of crypts isolated from rectal mucosa samples that can be collected by suction or forceps biopsy. The crypts are

Last updated on: 22-02-2024 - 11:15

Contact: Anabela Ramalho
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
Drug-induced phospholipidosis (DIPL) is a metabolic disorder characterized by an excessive intracellular accumulation of phospholipids caused by cationic drugs. Hepatic cells derived from human skin are evaluated as an in vitro model to investigate DIPL and its mechanisms. Human skin stem cells

Last updated on: 20-02-2024 - 11:27

Contact: Cannot be disclosed
Organisation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Status: History of use
Drug-induced intrahepatic cholestasis (DIC) is a main type of hepatic toxicity that is challenging to predict in early drug development stages. Preclinical animal studies often fail to detect DIC in humans. In vitro toxicogenomics assays using human liver cells have become a practical approach to

Last updated on: 15-02-2024 - 11:59

Contact: Cannot be disclosed
Organisation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Status: Internally validated, Published in peer reviewed journal
The culture of primary human synoviocytes provides an excellent cellular model for studying the normal and pathological physiology of synoviocytes and the development of joint diseases. Human primary synoviocytes can either be provided by commercial suppliers or isolated from fresh biological

Last updated on: 17-01-2024 - 11:32

Contact: Julie Uerlings
Organisation: ARTIALIS
Status: History of use, Internally validated
Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare inborn error of metabolism caused by a defective homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD), an enzyme involved in the tyrosine degradation pathway. Loss of HGD function leads to the accumulation of homogentisic acid (HGA) in connective body tissues in a process called

Last updated on: 06-12-2023 - 14:45

Contact: Sien Lequeue
Organisation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Partners: RWTH Aachen
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal