Sentences with phrase «function of organoids»
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«Mini-intestine grown in a test tube for nutritional research: Organoids just a quarter of a millimeter across exhibit functions of the human intestine.»
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Organoids just a quarter of a millimeter exhibit functions of the human intestine and the diagram on the left explains how it works.
Thirdly, the current, almost universal dependency of organoid culture on the use of Matrigel as a replacement for the function of the extracellular basement matrix in providing structural support and survival signals to the epithelial cells hampers clinical application, considering its origin from a mouse sarcoma cell line, its poorly defined composition and its mechanical rigidity after plating.
To better understand this complex tissues and its functions — and the diseases that affect it — a multicenter team led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital has released a census of the cells that make up the lining of the small intestine, using gene expression profiles of more than 53,000 individual cells from the mouse gut or gut organoid models.
The other one, the finding by the Clevers group in Utrecht that adult Lgr5 + stem cells from the intestine, grown 3D in the presence of basement membrane matrix and a defined set of niche factors, can develop into ever - expanding, genome - stable 3D organoids that resemble the structure and function of the original intestinal epithelium (13 - 16).
Researchers have developed a miniature version of a lung in a dish, called an «organoid,» that functions just like a real, full - size lung.
Organoids give us a singular and brand new window into human developmental biology, so understanding human - specific features of organ development and function may help us uncover new regenerative therapies to improve people's lives.
Three - dimensional «organoids» are an improvement, but these hollow balls are made of a mishmash of cells that doesn't accurately mimic the structure and function of the real organ.