by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Jan 6, 2026 | Cell Culture Techniques, Disease Models
What is the difference between ECM-based and ECM-free systems in 2D and 3D cell culture? When are ECM-derived cues required for tissue organization and differentiation in 3D models? How do researchers choose between ECM-based and ECM-free culture formats for their...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Apr 11, 2018 | Trends
In the modern fast-paced worlds of research and medicine, disease models that take us closer to the real-life situation are highly desirable. While we can’t discredit the power of in vitro cell culture methods to provide important clues about biological processes,...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Jul 13, 2025 | Cell Culture Techniques, Disease Models
In our last article, we compared 2D organ-on-a-chip devices and 3D organoids with respect to their use in drug discovery, highlighting their importance in modeling diseases and evaluating efficacy and safety during drug discovery and development . We also presented...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Jun 8, 2025 | Cell Culture Techniques, Trends
A critical prerequisite for any drug discovery program is the availability of robust ways to study the disease in question and evaluate how experimental treatments impact disease phenotypes. Disease models ranging from patient-derived cell lines to whole animal models...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Feb 18, 2024 | Trends
Organoids are cell-derived, 3D in vitro models that are cultured to recapitulate structural and functional aspects of the in vivo tissue they are intended to represent. Organoids are not new to research labs, although there has been much hype about them in recent...
