# OnCo record tumour-spheroid-models (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/technologies/tumour-spheroid-models/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "tumour-spheroid-models" ;
  schema:name "Tumour spheroid models (hanging-drop and ultra-low-attachment culture)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "multicellular tumour spheroids"@en, "multicellular tumor spheroids"@en, "MCTS"@en, "spheroid models"@en, "hanging-drop spheroids"@en, "ultra-low-attachment spheroids"@en, "3D spheroid culture"@en ;
  schema:description "Instead of growing cancer cells flat on plastic, they are grown as small balls of a few thousand cells. The balls develop an outer layer of dividing cells and a starved centre, much like a small tumour nodule, which makes them a better test of how drugs get in and act."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/tumour-spheroid-models/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-03"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5101993/>, <https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.10655> ;
  onco:status "established" ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/drug-discovery/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/organoids/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/cancer-cell-line-encyclopedias/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/tumour-on-chip/> ;
  onco:companies <https://onco.cc/companies/insphero/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/organoid/> .