“For many cell-based therapies, progress comes from connecting the right pieces at the right moment,” Klein said. “When ...

Mini-stomach models that produce acid have been grown from human gastric cells, helping researchers study rare digestive diseases and test precise treatments.

The team observed the emergence of the three-dimensional embryo-like structures under a microscope in the lab. These started producing blood (seen here in red) after around two weeks of development - ...

This is the longest-lived set of developing kidney organoids derived from tissue stem cells The kidney developed over a half a year, enabling real-time observation, gene isolation for birth defects ...

Scientists have achieved a genetic feat once thought impossible: removing an entire extra human chromosome using gene-editing ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development - including the ...