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Advance in creating organoids could aid research, lead to treatment

Stanford Bio-X and Clark Center building resident Oscar Abilez, with co-lead author Dr. Huaxiao Yang, co-author previous Stanford Bio-X Fellow Kitchener Wilson, and Stanford Bio-X affiliated faculty members Ioannis Karakikes, Gary Peltz, Christopher Zarins, and Joseph Wu, developed a way to create the first heart and liver organoids that generate their own blood vessels, possibly paving the way for organoid-based regenerative therapies.

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