The grant will fund Izpisua Belmonte’s lab in attempting to generate functional primate organs and tissues in vivo in a large animal host, the pig

Wyss Institute materials scientists have bioprinted a tubular 3D renal architecture that recapitulates functions of the kidney

Liver disease affects pediatric and adult patients, impacting one in ten people in the United States

The research also means that the growing of whole organs from human cells in the lab may well be fast tracked

Findings can lead to gut replacement therapy in people with intestinal deficiencies

Human lung organoids may help scientists learn more about lung diseases, test new drugs.

In a first step toward future human therapies, researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have shown that esophageal tissue can be grown in vivo from both human and mouse cells. The study has been published online in the journal Tissue Engineering, Part A.