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One step closer to gut repair

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The use of adult-tissue stem cells to treat gastrointestinal diseases holds much promise. A method for in vitro growth of gut stem cells and their use in repairing damaged intestines in mice has been described.

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Figure 1: Fixing a damaged intestine.

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  1. Anisa Shaker and Deborah C. Rubin are in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.,

    Anisa Shaker & Deborah C. Rubin

  2. D.C.R. is also in the Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine.,

    Deborah C. Rubin

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Shaker, A., Rubin, D. One step closer to gut repair. Nature 485, 181–182 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/485181a

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