On the afternoon of April 4, 2023, Research Center for Infectious Diseases met and discuss with Organoid Science Company (Korea) on potential applications of organoid technology for medicinal herbs and biological active ingredients at International University, VNU-HCM.

Research Center for Infectious Diseases, International University, VNU-HCM was established at the end of 2021. The center recruits strong researchers in the fields of biotechnology and biomedical technology for developing and manufacturing products to prevent and treat infectious diseases that are concerns of the whole society.

Organoid Science was established in 2018 as the first innovation company in organoid-specialized drug development in Korea for developing incurable-disease treatments using organoids, which is the most advanced to regenerate human organs by 3D stem cell culture. Organoid Science develops and expands research labs, culture technologies, and application processes to find new treatment methods of incurable diseases. At the same time, the company also promotes the product process to invent novel products that meet current medical needs. In 2023, the company starts the project to build a representative office in Vietnam and focuses research cooperation with Vietnamese scientists.

In the meeting, Dr. KyungJin Lee, Technology Director of Organoid Science Company, introduced about the company’s research and application areas such as organoid and tissue regeneration technology applied in medical treatment, survey, and evaluation of the efficacy of medicinal products. M.D, Ph.D Jongman Yoo,
CEO of Organoid Science, has researched and published many scientific publications on the application of organoids in medical research. Mr. Yoo shared and hoped to cooperate with the center in the future.

Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Phuong Thao, Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research, shared about the research directions of the center, introduced the core scientists and the topics carried out at the center. In the future, the center will promote the extraction of active ingredients with high biological activity, experiment at the in vitro scale, towards testing on animal models. Organoid Science representatives would like to coordinate and guide organoid culture process for the center’s researchers.

At the end of the meeting, the parties affirmed their desire to cooperate in the future, develop common topics as well as exchange and guide technology to promote the research and development pharmaceutical products, meet the urgent needs of society.

By RCID’s media team