Tiny human intestine grown inside mouse
Gut tissue in rodents could test patient-specific disease treatments
![iny specks of human intestinal tissue (stained pink)](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mr_Figure4_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
LOOKS LIKE A GUT Transplanted into mice, tiny specks of human intestinal tissue (stained pink) develop into working organs surrounded by a muscular sheath (stained green), just like real intestines.
Helmrath lab