We use our own homemade medium that is based on the recipe published by Toshiro Sato and Hans Clevers (Sato et al., 2009). What is different about the IntestiCult medium – what’s in it?

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IntestiCult™ Organoid Growth Medium (Mouse) is an optimized version of the published medium (1), and has been developed in collaboration with Hans Clevers and The HUB Foundation for Organoid Technology. STEMCELL Technologies is the exclusive manufacturer and worldwide distributor of this complete, defined and serum-free medium for mouse intestinal organoids. The optimized recipe allows for less variability and standardized experiments as conditioned media is not required. (1) Sato T, et al. Nature 459: 262-265, 2009

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Is it true that intestinal organoids can be used for personalized medicine for treating intestinal disease? Is this only in the research stage or have clinical trials been done?

If I understand the application correctly, it seems to be primarily in the research field, not in actual Cell Therapy use. If so, what is the advantage of serum-free over using serum in the culture if it is for research only?

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