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    - [model and assay development](https://www.huborganoids.nl/services/)
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# HUB's blog

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### [Ask the Expert: Inside the inFOCUS Assay for IBD Drug Discovery](https://blog.huborganoids.nl/ask-the-expert-inside-the-infocus-assay-a-novel-approach-to-ibd-drug-discovery)

Published by HUB Organoids on May 27, 2025

In this "Ask the Expert" interview, Dr. Javier Frias Aldeguer, Senior Scientist at HUB Organoids shares insights into the inFOCUS assay—an innovative fibroblast-organoid co-culture model developed to explore the role of inflammatory fibroblasts in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Learn how this ...

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### [Ask the experts - organoids in drug development](https://blog.huborganoids.nl/ask-the-experts-organoids-in-drug-development)

Published by Federica Parisi, PhD on Sept 30, 2021

After discussing HUB Organoids™ applications to viral and oncology ...

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