Human Instestinal Organoids (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Human Instestinal Organoids

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These HIO structures, each about the size of a BB and grown from stem cells, allow scientists to study the interaction between the cells of the gut lining and microbes that are either normally present in the gut or invade to cause disease.

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University of Michigan Medical School

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