New method to grow womb lining and mimic menstrual cycle in the laboratory dish

(The Company of Biologists) Scientists have succeeded in growing three-dimensional cultures of the endometrium, the uterus' inner lining, in a dish. These so-called endometrial organoids promise to shed light onto the processes that occur during the monthly menstrual cycle and open up the possibility of studying diseases of the uterus.

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