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Kidney-like structures called organoids can be grown from stem cells.Credit: Xia Lab Ryuichi Nishinakamura’s quest to build a transplantable kidney...
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<!]> Transplanting structures resembling miniature human brains into the visual areas of rats’ brains can help the animals to see1....
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Miniaturized versions of human brain tissue, these organoids are a powerful tool for studying neurodegenerative disorders.Credit: Stella Glasauer/Ken Kosik Laboratory/Univ....
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Eiraku, M. et al. Cell Stem Cell 3, 519–532 (2008).PubMed Article Google Scholar Eiraku, M. et al. Nature 472, 51–56...
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hCO generationWe generated hCO from hiPS cells as previously described2,5. To initiate the generation of hCO from hiPS cells cultured...
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Experimental methodsStem cell and organoid cultureWe used six human iPS cell lines (Hoik1, Wibj2, Kucg2 from the HipSci resource47; 409B2...
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Nature, Published online: 28 September 2022; doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05219-6The nomenclature for human multicellular models of nervous system development and disease, including organoids,...
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Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy, characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness...
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Biomedical researchers develop and use organoids as a tool for studying human development and disease. These little lab-grown cultures mimic...