A lab-grown micro bladder may explain why urinary tract infections (UTIs) return so frequently, according to a study by researchers at UCL, the University of Oxford and the University of Leicester.

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A lab-grown micro bladder may explain why urinary tract infections (UTIs) return so frequently, according to a study by researchers at UCL, the University of Oxford and the University of Leicester.

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