Team creates functional, stem-cell-derived small bowel segments – Medical Xpress
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Team creates functional, stem–cell-derived small bowel segments
Medical Xpress A decellularized loop of rat small bowel after repopulation, with stem–cell-derived human epithelial cells (green) lining the intestine and endothelial cells (red) lining the blood vessels. Credit: Kentaro Kitano, MD, MGH Center for Regenerative Medicine. Human intestines have been grown in a lab and transplanted into rats – paving the way to a cure for gut disorders |
