UCLA researchers use stem cells to grow 3-D lung-in-a-dish

Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 16:01 in Biology & Nature

By coating tiny gel beads with lung-derived stem cells and then allowing them to self-assemble into the shapes of the air sacs found in human lungs, researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have succeeded in creating three-dimensional lung “organoids.” The laboratory-grown lung-like tissue can be used […]

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