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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Aleksander Skardal, Clemmons, NC (US);
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus useful for examining metastasis of cancer cells, includes (a) a primary chamber; (b) at least one secondary chamber; (c) at least one primary conduit connecting said primary and secondary chambers and providing fluid communication therebetween; (d) a primary organoid in said first chamber, said primary organoid comprising mammalian cancer cells; (e) at least one secondary organoid separately selected for and in said secondary chamber(s); and (f) optionally a growth media in said primary chamber, each of said secondary chamber(s), and said primary conduit. The apparatus may be used in methods of drug screening and development, and in personalized medicine.