Equipment in the biomedical lab is used to develop advanced models such as organoids and organs-on-a-chip, enabling researchers to study cancer in its earliest stages. These technologies help scientists better replicate the human body’s environment and could offer new insights into how cancer begins. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Equipment in the biomedical lab is used to develop advanced models such as organoids and organs-on-a-chip, enabling researchers to study cancer in its earliest stages. These technologies help scientists better replicate the human body’s environment and could offer new insights into how cancer begins. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Haylie Helms, M.S., an OHSU graduate student in biomedical engineering, is lead author on a review in Nature Reviews. Helms works in the lab of Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., studying single-cell 3D bioprinting as a tool for early cancer detection. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Equipment in the biomedical lab is used to develop advanced models such as organoids and organs-on-a-chip, enabling researchers to study cancer in its earliest stages. These technologies help scientists better replicate the human body’s environment and could offer new insights into how cancer begins. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)