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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2025

Patient-Derived Organoid Biobanks for Translational Research and Precision Medicine: Challenges and Future Perspectives.

Floriana Jessica Di Paola, Giulia Calafato, Pier Paolo Piccaluga, Giovanni Tallini, Kerry Jane Rhoden

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Biobanked Liver Organoids: A Roadmap for Precision Hepatology.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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  8. Translational 3DFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Floriana Jessica Di PaolaBiobank of Research, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3110-3865
Giulia CalafatoBiobank of Research, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0177-238X
Pier Paolo PiccalugaBiobank of Research, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9432-0595
Giovanni TalliniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0113-6682
Kerry Jane RhodenDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6326-8990

Funding

The Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) PRIN project 202227RXWJ
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decade, patient-derived organoids (PDOs) have emerged as powerful in vitro models that closely recapitulate the histological, genetic, and functional features of their parental primary tissues, representing a ground-breaking tool for cancer research and precision medicine. This advancement has led to the development of living PDO biobanks, collections of organoids derived from a wide range of tumor types and patient populations, which serve as essential platforms for drug screening, biomarker discovery, and functional genomics. The classification and global distribution of these biobanks reflect a growing international effort to standardize protocols and broaden accessibility, supporting both basic and translational research. While their relevance to personalized medicine is increasingly recognized, the establishment and maintenance of PDO biobanks remain technically demanding, particularly in terms of optimizing long-term culture conditions, preserving sample viability, and mimicking the tumor microenvironment. In this context, this review provides an overview of the classification and worldwide distribution of tumor and paired healthy tissue-specific PDO biobanks, explores their translational applications, highlights recent advances in culture systems and media formulations, and discusses current challenges and future perspectives for their integration into clinical practice.

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living biobanksorganoidspersonalized medicinetranslational research

Identifiers

PMID40863456
PMCPMC12387782

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