Image of the Month
Credit: Patrick Guye and colleagues, MIT.
Researchers at MIT have programmed induced pluripotent stem cells to form rudimentary livers, complete with different tissues, by engineering expression of GATA6. The scientists foresee potential for drug screening, and eventually maybe even replacement organs. The image shows the tissue patterns formed, with immunostaining of cell nuclei for CEBPA (red, endodermal marker), SOX10 (green, ectodermal marker), and DAPI (blue, binds to DNA in the nucleus).
Read more about engineered tissues for research and drug development here.
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