Environmental Toxin Screening Using Human-Derived 3D Bioengineered Liver and Cardiac Organoids

Frontiers in Public Health

Steven D. Forsythe¹ 

关键词: tissue engineering and regenerative medicine;    organoids;    environmental toxins;    hepatocytes;    cardiomyocytes;    three dimensional;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2018.00103

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionEnvironmental toxins, such as lead and other heavy metals, pesticides, and other compounds, represent a significant health concern within the USA and around the world. Even in the twenty-first century, a plethora of cities and towns in the U.S. have suffered from exposures to lead in drinking water or other heavy metals in food or the earth, while there is a high possibility of further places to suffer such exposures in the near future.

【 授权许可】

CC BY