Tag: Organoids

  • Nation & World

    Uncovering how cells become organs

    Tiny sensors are embedded into stretchable, integrated mesh that grows with the developing tissue, allowing scientists to track how cells grow into organs.

    2 minutes
    Contraction of cyborg human cardiac organoid
  • Nation & World

    Forward thinking

    Research led by scientists at Harvard and the Broad Institute has optimized the process of making human brain “organoids” — miniature 3D organ models — so they consistently follow growth patterns observed in the developing human brain.

    6 minutes
    Scientists
  • Nation & World

    Mini-gut reaction

    Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have created miniature, simplified versions of the intestine in vitro to explore how the gut lining and microbiome respond to gluten in both healthy and celiac patients.

    3 minutes
    Bread
  • Nation & World

    Engineered mini-kidneys come of age

    By exposing stem cell-derived kidney organoids to fluidic shear stress, A team of Harvard researchers has significantly expanded the organoids’ vascular networks and improved the maturation of kidney compartments.

    4 minutes
    Culturing kidney organoids
  • Nation & World

    Rewinding the brain

    Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Paola Arlotta is seeking to develop a new tool to understanding brain function and dysfunction: self-generating brain organoids.

    9 minutes
    Paola Arlotta.
  • Nation & World

    New vista for brain disorder research

    For the first time, researchers describe the types of cells generated in brain organoids, networks of nerve cells, and show the greater diversity, complexity, and response to stimulation developed for nine months and longer.

    5 minutes