A new study has revealed how two morphogens, WNT and Sonic Hedgehog, act as molecular "traffic cops," directing early human ...

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have shed new light on how the uterus develops, leading to a ...

Organoids – miniature, simplified versions of human organs grown in the lab – and organ-on-a-chip devices – microfluidic systems that simulate the physiological functions of tissues and organs – are ...

When individual tumor cells are isolated and used to grow artificial 3D cell clusters in the laboratory, referred to as organoids, the conventional approach produces only spherical-like structures.

3D image of mammary organoids used to test response to ... cytokeratin 14 staining basal epithelial cells; cell nuclei are in blu, dapi. Image can only be used in relation to this paper.

Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new ...

Takebe is Director for Commercial Innovation at Cincinnati Children's Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM). He has been studying methods for growing liver organoids for over 13 years.