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An automated system was developed to keep track of the growing of mini-organs from human stem cells
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Traditional way to grow cells is a 2D culture.
Three-dimensional organoids behave similarly to real organs.
Robotic system automates growing organoids from pluripotent stem cells.
Could greatly expand the use of mini-organs in drug discovery.
Can produce thousands of kidney organoids over 21 days.
For repetitive tasks like this robots do a better job than humans.
The study was published in Cell Stem Cell journal.
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Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Physician-scientist, Nephrologist, Epithelial Cell Biologist and Assistant Professor at University of Michigan.
