Labanimal

Welcome to the October episode of 3-Minute 3Rs, brought to you by Lab Animal (www.nature.com/laban, the NC3Rs (www.nc3rs.org.uk) & the North American 3Rs Collaborative (www.na3rsc.org) Here are the papers behind the pod: 1. Generation of Tumor-Reactive T Cells by Co-culture of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes and Tumor Organoids. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)30903-6 2. Mymou: A low-cost, wireless touchscreen system for automated training of nonhuman primates. https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2Fs13428-018-1109-5 3. Practical rat tickling: Determining an efficient and effective dosage of heterospecific play. https://www.appliedanimalbehaviour.com/article/S0168-1591(18)30255-7/fulltext Transcript: [LA] Organoids are three-dimensional tissue cultures that resemble more complicated structures. They're promising alternatives to animal models for studying diseases and for testing potential treatments. But tissues grown in a dish lack an immune system. That's a critical component for pr