Researchers have successfully grown organoids from stem cells taken in late and active pregnancies for the first time. "Mini-organs," also called organoids, are tiny structures that can be used to ...

Miniature organs have a new lifeline. Mimicking the way early human embryos grow blood vessels, scientists nudged multiple types of mini organs to sprout their own vascular networks. Also called ...

How do human organs develop and what happens to them when they become diseased? To answer these questions, researchers are increasingly focusing on so-called organoids. These mini-organs, just a few ...

Close-up image of a petri dish containing lab-grown mini brains being held by a scientist wearing blue gloves. The scientist's face can be seen blurred in the background. Out in space right now, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Scientists have created miniorgans from ...

UTRECHT, Netherlands -- Els van der Heijden, who has cystic fibrosis, was finding it ever harder to breathe as her lungs filled with thick, sticky mucus. Despite taking more than a dozen pills and ...

Researchers from University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital in the United Kingdom have been successful in harvesting stem cells from amniotic fluid to create working, miniature ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have stumbled upon a remarkable 'mini organ' hidden within mammalian cells, shedding light on a previously unknown aspect of cellular biology. The recently ...

Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb – an advance they believe could open up new areas of prenatal medicine. Miniorgans, or “ ...