![Wild type human prostate cells Large splotches of green and red with clusters of blue circles inside, against a black background](/sites/nihrecord/files/styles/thumbnail_small/public/2022/November-25/20221125-cvr-NCI-organoid-prostate.jpg?itok=ZKkb3OaY)
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Wild type human prostate cells from an organoid (a man-made construct that resembles an organ). These cells come from a xenograft where they serve as controls for the study of primary prostate cancer tumor cells, which are also injected into mice and then extracted for characterization.
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