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Extracellular matrix guides the fate of organoids

Nicholas G. Fischer1,2,3*
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1 Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
2 Center for Precision Engineering for Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
3 Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
OR 2025, 1(3), 025360028 https://doi.org/10.36922/OR025360028
Received: 1 September 2025 | Published online: 30 October 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Nicholas G. Fischer is an Editorial Board Member of this journal and declared that he has no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.
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