Mini-organs for science!

Hair-sized mini-brains and mini-lungs... Welcome to the fascinating world of organoids!

These 3D structures, created in the laboratory from stem cells, mimic the functions of real organs. A major asset for understanding brain development, testing treatments or studying infection by viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.

Thanks to scientists like Barbara Fonseca, a researcher at the Biomaterials and Microfluidics Technology Platform at Institut Pasteur, these advances make it possible :

•  A better understanding of diseases
• Test treatments
• Reduce animal experimentation

By reproducing real-life conditions as closely as possible, organoids are revolutionizing biomedical research and opening up new prospects for tomorrow's medicine!

(video in french, English subtitles available)