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Guiding human development in a dish

Nature Methods volume 16, pages 585–586 (2019)Cite this article

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Understanding of fundamental questions in human embryology is hampered by limited access to in utero developmental events. Manfrin et al. have engineered an in vitro platform that recapitulates early morphogenic events of human development with unprecedented spatial and temporal control.

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Fig. 1: Microfluidic device to control spatiotemporal diffusion of morphogen gradients.

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  1. Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Leonardo Morsut & Giorgia Quadrato

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Morsut, L., Quadrato, G. Guiding human development in a dish. Nat Methods 16, 585–586 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0464-1

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