Scientists create 'mini-organs' for the first time from human stem cells taken from wombs

Taking cells from amniotic fluid gets around regulations about taking stem cells directly from foetal tissue.

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00:28 What we've been able to take this time

00:31 is cells that are floating in the amniotic fluid

00:35 and come from the fetus.

00:37 And specifically, these cells come from three organs

00:40 we've seen, from the kidney, the lung,

00:43 and the intestine of the fetus.

00:45 So we've been able to collect these cells

00:48 and grow outside in a petri dish as mini organs.

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01:00 What we've been able to show is that by doing that balloon,

01:14 indeed, there's an improvement of the lung.

01:18 And in fact, the organoids themselves

01:20 are telling us they're different after the balloon.

01:24 So it means that something is happening to that lung,

01:27 thanks to the balloon.

01:29 And this is the first time that we

01:31 have been able to monitor that.

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