Organoids Derived From Gut Stem Cells Reveal Two Distinct Molecular Subtypes of Crohn’s Disease

Previous studies of Crohn’s disease have derived organoids from pluripotent stem cells reprogrammed to become gut cells. Now, by studying organoids derived from adult stem cells in the gut tissue of Crohn’s disease patients — which more accurately replicated the traits of the disease — University of California San Diego researchers have discovered that the condition consists of two distinct molecular subtypes.