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What Intestinal Villi Do and Conditions That Affect Them
Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the ...
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Protein Printing Technique Helps Scientists Recreate the Human Gut
A contact protein printing technique enables researchers to control the formation of villi in human gut models, making it ...
Lab-grown intestines: Protein printing mimics human gut structures
An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and ...
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In Love with the Shape of You: Physical Scaffolding Defines Organoid Patterning
These intestinal organoids contain stem cell and villus compartments that emerge side-by-side during their development and fully recapitulate in vivo tissue. Intestinal organoids that are classically ...
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Gut lining in pregnant and lactating mice expands to ensure offspring health
Because sex and pregnancy hormones regulate RANK–RANKL signalling, we assessed the structure of intestinal villi — tiny, finger-like protrusions in the gut lining that provide a large surface ...