Lab Grown Artificial Bile Ducts
September 6, 2022 | Terry Sharrer
Several years ago, researchers in Wake Forest University’s Regenerative Medicine Program grew urethras for five boys and successfully transplanted them with excellent results. Now bioengineers at the University of Cambridge have used a similar approach to grow transplantable biliary organoids and have transplanted them in mice. These scientists believe this could reduce the need for liver transplants in children. MORE
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