organoids

During early pregnancy, the placenta remodels the uterine environment to support fetal growth

Recent advances in modeling the human placenta, the least understood organ, may inform placental disorders like preeclampsia.

Meritxell Huch tackled her pipedream of growing three-dimensional pancreatic tissue in a dish.

Explore the latest in organoid production for studying development, disease, and drug screening.

Brain-like tissue grown in a dish mimics critical periods for development and reveals how it can go wrong.

Alysson Muotri launched brain organoids into outer space and found that microgravity enriches our understanding of brain development and disease.

Benedetta Artegiani and Delilah Hendriks formed a joint laboratory group to understand disease mechanisms and treatments through organoid models.

The organoids could one day be used to treat brain injuries in humans. 

By modifying a technique used to image single cells, researchers have managed to generate a super-resolution 3D image of a complete organoid in just seven seconds.

Analyzing organoids has proven slow and cumbersome for scientists. But a new technique may speed things up, producing 3D images of hundreds of organoids per hour.

The human cells, engineered to respond to blue light, influenced rat behavior when stimulated.

A single amino acid substitution in a protein causes increased neuron production in the frontal lobes of humans compared to Neanderthals—a tiny difference that could have given our species a cognitive edge, researchers say.

Disturbing circadian rhythms in organoids and mice increases intestinal tumor growth, findings that may explain a recent rise in colon cancer among young adults, the researchers behind the work say.