In Cambridge alone, there are groups growing mini-livers, mini-brains, mini-oesophaguses,mini-bile ducts, mini-lungs, mini-intestines, mini-wombs, mini-pancreases… Almost the whole body in miniature, it seems.
Read more about how these remarkable 'organoids' are helping transform biomedical research - including helping reduce the number of animals used in research.
Image: Confocal microscope image of gastruloid
Credit: David Turner
Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge