Vascular Organoids: Are We Entering a New Area of Cardiometabolic Research?

Recently in Nature, Wimmer et al. (2019) Wimmer R.A. Leopoldi A. Aichinger M. Wick N. Hantusch B. Novatchkova M. Taubenschmid J. H？mmerle M. Esk C. Bagley J.A. et al. Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy. Nature. 2019; 565 : 505-510 Crossref PubMed Scopus (4) Google Scholar reported on the development of a human organoid model of vascular development recapitulating vascular pathology during type 2 diabetes. Integration of these organoids into the vasculature of immunodeficient mice may provide cardiometabolic researchers with a “personalized” platform for novel therapeutic discovery