Organoids (IMAGE)

King's College London

Organoids

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Organoids made from the small intestine express the receptor CD44 (magenta) in the stem cell crypt buds (left), but when ILC1 are added to the culture, these CD44-positive crypt buds grow, which could cause abnormal tumor growths in a chronically inflamed environment

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Geraldine Jowett

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