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Cholangiocyte organoids reconstruct human bile duct

Lab-grown 鈥榤ini-bile ducts鈥 used to repair human livers in regenerative medicine first

18 Feb 2021

Scientists have used a technique to grow bile duct organoids 鈥 often referred to as 鈥榤ini-organs鈥 鈥 in the lab and shown that these can be used to...

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鈥楳ini liver tumours鈥 created in a dish for the first time

16 Nov 2017

Scientists have created mini biological models of human primary liver cancers, known as organoids, in the lab for the first time. In a paper...

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mage of a mouse gallbladder following repair with a bioengineered patch of tissue incorporating human 'bile duct' cells, shown in green.  探花直播human bile duct cells have fully repaired and replaced the damaged mouse epithelium

Artificial bile ducts grown in lab and transplanted into mice could help treat liver disease in children

03 Jul 2017

Cambridge scientists have developed a new method for growing and transplanting artificial bile ducts that could in future be used to help treat liver...

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Cambridge spin-out raises 拢7 million to develop treatments for lung disease

04 May 2017

A 探花直播 of Cambridge spin-out company has raised 拢7 million in new funding, which will help in the development of treatments for liver and lung...

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'Tip Top Stomerij en Wasserette' Linnaeusstraat Amsterdam

Wash cycle: making organs fit for transplantation

20 Jul 2016

There鈥檚 a nationwide shortage of suitable organs for transplanting 鈥 but what if some of those organs deemed 鈥榰nsuitable鈥 could be rejuvenated...

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鈥楳ini-bile ducts鈥 at day 25, stained with fluorescent dyes

'Mini bile ducts' help identify new drugs that could prevent the need for liver transplantation

16 Jul 2015

An experimental cystic fibrosis drug has been shown to prevent the disease鈥檚 damage to the liver, thanks to a world-first where scientists grew mini...

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Testing time for stem cells

Testing time for stem cells

23 Oct 2014

DefiniGEN is one of the first commercial opportunities to arise from Cambridge鈥檚 expertise in stem cell research. Here, we look at some of the...

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Mini-livers show promise to reduce animal use in science

26 Feb 2014

Cambridge research that has for the first time successfully grown 鈥渕ini-livers鈥 from adult mouse stem cells has won the UK鈥檚 international prize for...

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Stem cells

Teaching old cells new tricks

24 Apr 2012

Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier鈥...

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