Scientists Grow ‘Miniature Stomachs’ from Stem Cells, Which Could Patch Up Ulcers One Day

October 29, 2014

(Washington Post) – 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.