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April 12, 2021

Developing A Robust In Vitro Intestinal Model for Preclinical Candidate Screening of GI Toxicity

Gastrointestinal (GI) issues are common side effects of many drugs. Anticipating such side effects before clinical trials is limited by a lack of effective models for evaluating preclinical candidates for their potential to cause diarrhea, nausea, and other gut-related side effects. With its RepliGut® in vitro human intestinal model, Altis Biosystems is developing a system that could help pharma companies identify GI toxicity issues early in the drug development process.

March 11, 2021

Accurately Recapitulating Environmental Niches in In Vitro Models of the Intestine

Advanced microphysiological systems can replicate aspects of intestinal complexity, such as epithelium self-renewal by stem cells in in vitro crypts or the interactions of microbes and intestinal epithelium mediated by a mucus layer. Availability of such models is key to progress in compound screening, disease modeling, and microbiome research.

March 2, 2021

A Gut Feeling About the Future of Healthcare

Scott Magness, Chief Scientific Advisor at Altis Biosystems, discusses the impact that RepliGut®—a human stem cell-derived platform that recreates the intestinal epithelium—may have on stem cell research and drug testing. Watch previous video.

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February 16, 2021

Recapitulating the Multifaceted Inflammatory Environment of the Intestine In Vitro

Intestinal inflammatory diseases are highly complex, which has thus far prevented development of an effective in vitro disease model. With access to a donor-derived cell biobank and the ability to recapitulate region-specific environments of the intestine, Altis Biosystems is working toward the development of an in vitro RepliGut® model to accurately recapitulate the complex intestinal inflammatory microenvironments.