“…But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the potential of organoids to study infectious diseases truly unfolded. Recent studies demonstrate the ability of kidney ( Garreta et al, 2022 ; Jansen et al, 2022a ; Monteil et al, 2020 ), intestine ( Giobbe et al, 2021 ; Lamers et al, 2020 ; Stanifer et al, 2020 ; Zhou et al, 2020 ), colon ( Han et al, 2021 ), liver ( Richards et al, 2022 ; Yang et al, 2020 ), heart ( Mills et al, 2021 ; Sharma et al, 2020 ; Wong et al, 2020 ), lung ( Han et al, 2021 ; Lamers et al, 2021a ), brain ( Andrews et al, 2022 ; Mesci et al, 2022 ; Pellegrini et al, 2020b ; Song et al, 2021a ) and vascular ( Monteil et al, 2020 ) organoids to model and understand SARS-CoV-2 infection and reveal their potential as a drug-testing platform. For instance, researchers have used iPSC-derived respiratory and colorectal organoids in high-throughput screening of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs that reduce SARS-CoV-2 replication ( Han et al, 2021 ).…”