Feb 11, 2023
Scientists Grew Mini Human Guts Inside Mice
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: biotech/medical, engineering
The organoids can be used to study the development of diseases and the effects of drugs.
Michael Helmrath, a pediatric surgeon at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and his colleagues made headlines last week when they revealed trials where they had transplanted balls of human intestinal tissue into mice, according to a report by *Wired* published on Thursday.
After a few weeks, these transplants developed key features of the human immune system, introducing a model that could be used to effectively simulate the human intestinal system.
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