Small Bowel Segment Repopulated with Human Cells (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Small Bowel Segment Repopulated with Human Cells

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A decellularized loop of rat small bowel after repopulation, with stem-cell-derived human epithelial cells (green) lining the intestine and endothelial cells (red) lining the blood vessels.

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Kentaro Kitano, MD, MGH Center for Regenerative Medicine

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