In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Taguchi and Nishinakamura (2017) describe a carefully optimized method for making a branch-competent ureteric bud, a tissue fundamental to kidney development, from mouse embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells. The work illuminates embryology and has important implications for making more realistic kidney organoids.

中文翻译：

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组织类器官：干细胞分支。

Taguchi和Nishinakamura（2017）在本期《细胞干细胞》中描述了一种精心优化的方法，该方法可从小鼠胚胎干细胞和人诱导的多能干细胞中制备出具有分支功能的输尿管芽，这是肾脏发育的基本组织。这项工作阐明了胚胎学，对制造更逼真的肾脏类器官具有重要意义。