{
  "id": 7609539,
  "title": "New culture membrane mimics the native intestinal environment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/new-culture-membrane-mimics-the-native-intestinal-environment",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-15T18:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-culture-membrane-mimics-native-intestinal.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The human intestine is a soft, flexible tissue. Yet the environments traditionally used to culture intestinal cells in the laboratory are strikingly different from those found in the body. Conventional culture platforms are made of synthetic materials that are far stiffer than native intestinal tissue. Could we instead provide cells with an environment that more closely resembles the intestine?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}