Description
An invention developed by UC San Diego researchers provides for the characterized, sequential growth of kidney tissueex vivo. Demonstrated, defined methods have been established for growing ureteric bud epithelium for branching morphogenesis and subsequent nephron formation. This method makes use of intrinsic properties of embryonic epithelial tissue to allow one to clone a vast number of replacement tissues or organs from a single source. This method also offers applications to other tissue systems.