Scientists
grow ‘miniature stomachs’ from stem cells, which could patch up ulcers one day.
Scientists have used human stem cells to create
functional, 3-D stomach tissue -- in effect, little miniature versions of the
organ in its earliest stages of development. This is a first, and the grown
tissue will allow researchers to better study illnesses of the stomach, like
those that cause ulcers and even cancer. The tissue may even be used as a
treatment in and of itself by way of tiny grated patches that would grow over
ulcerated stomachs.
