Organs often have fluid-filled spaces called lumens, which are crucial for organ function and serve as transport and delivery ...

Organs often have fluid-filled spaces called lumens, which are crucial for organ function and serve as transport and delivery ...

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Even after decades of peering into cells, biologists are still finding surprises. In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, ...

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Researchers from UC San Francisco and Cedars-Sinai have developed a new way to prompt stem cells to form specific organs. It sets the stage for growing human organs from scratch – a long-time goal of ...

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