"We were able to grow and maintain organoids long term from human intestinal and airway cells, mouse intestinal cells, and even snake venom gland cells," Wijnakker explains. The cells maintained ...

On the left, wild type (unaltered) gut organoids show the presence of goblet cells (green), enteroendocrine cells (EECs; magenta) and an occasional Paneth cell (red). On the right, the number of ...