Intestinal organoid

With CRISPR, Modeling Disease in Mini Organs

May 6, 2016 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , , , ,

Traditionally, gene therapy efforts have attempted to treat genetic diseases by modifying DNA inside a patient’s body, but it has been a challenge to deliver the genetic material to all […] Read More

A mini-kidneyorganoid of 1 mm diameter grown from a patient's stem cells.

Mini-kidney organoids re-create disease in lab dishes

October 23, 2015 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , , , ,

Stem-cell biology and gene editing advances offer hope for kidney regeneration, drug discovery Mini-kidney organoids that re-create human kidney disease have now been grown in laboratory petri dishes. The achievement, […] Read More