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Reassembly of human kidney organoids after dissociation.

Key takeaways

Scientists grew mini-kidneys, called organoids, from reprogrammed human stem cells. They broke the organoids apart into single cells and found the cells could regroup into kidney-like structures again. That matters as a technique: it opens a window to add other cell types or change genes before the cells rebuild. This was done in the lab, not in people, and these organoids are very immature, closer to a kidney at 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Who did this work

de Vetten S · Klaassen A · Veldhoen DY · van den Bosch T · Korevaar S · Garrelds I · Danser AHJ · van de Peppel J · Heidt S · Hoogduijn MJ

Source

Article · PubMed, organoids & devices · 2026 Sep 9
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42715132/