Spheroid cultivation is being utilized, and will likely be utilized in the following applications as illustrated below:
 

Toxicity test

  As an alternative to the toxicity tests using test animals such as mice and rats.
   

Drug efficacy test

  For increasing the screening accuracy at the non-clinical test stage.
   

Grafting to mice

  For increasing the graft survival for nude-mice.
   

Regeneration medicine

  Research applications