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To cure brain diseases, neuroscientists must collaborate: That’s why I’m giving my data away

Neuroscience NewsJuly 6, 2019

Open sharing of scientific data and standard methods will allow researchers to collaborate on projects and accelerate understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.... Read More...

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Scientists recreate blood-brain barrier defect outside the body

Neuroscience NewsJune 6, 2019

Using induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients with neurodegenerative disorders, researcher recreated the blood-brain barrier inside Organ-Chips. ... Read More...

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Researchers Create Organoid of a Brain Region to Study Cognitive Disorders

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 22, 2019

Researchers have created an organoid of the thalamus, which they have fused with an organoid of the frontal cortex in order to study ASD, depression and other neuropsychiatric conditions.... Read More...

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Dish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision Develops

Neuroscience NewsOctober 14, 2018

Using human retinal tissue grown from stem cells, researchers shed light on how color vision develops. The study found thyroid hormones dictated whether the cells became blue, green or red photoreceptors.... Read More...

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Neuroscience is Advancing, So How Far Off Are We From a Successful Head Transplant?

Neuroscience NewsMay 5, 2018

With the first head transplant scheduled for 2018, many neuroscientists are skeptical the procedure will be a success. A new article questions if scientists, and the general population, will be ready for the procedure. What does it mean for the future of mankind?... Read More...

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Organoids Reveal how Deadly Brain Cancers Grow

Neuroscience NewsApril 25, 2018

Researchers use gene editing to generate aggressive glioblastoma multiforme brain tumors in the lab. The model, researchers say, could be used to track the progression of tumors and develop personalized therapies for patients.... Read More...

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Grafted Brain Organoid Provides Insight into Neurological Disorders

Neuroscience NewsApril 16, 2018

Researchers have developed more sophisticated organoid models to help provide new insights into a range of neurological and psychological disorders.... Read More...

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Lab-Created Mini-Brains Reveal How Growing Organ Maintains Neuronal Balance

Neuroscience NewsJuly 27, 2017

Researchers used hPSCs to grow an organoid that produces inhibitory neurons and plays a critical role in the early development of the cortex.... Read More...

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Brain Tissue From a Petri Dish

Neuroscience NewsApril 13, 2017

Researchers successfully transform stem cells derived from skin cells into cells that behave similarly to the human midbrain.... Read More...

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Mini Brains From the Petri Dish

Neuroscience NewsApril 4, 2017

Researchers converted skin cells from patients with a rare congenital brain defect into pluripotent stem cells to generate brain organoids.... Read More...

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Neurotoxicity Predicted by Organoids Derived from Stem Cells

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 21, 2015

Researchers have developed a new approach to predicting developmental neurotoxicity that uses stem cells to model features of the developing human brain.... Read More...

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organoids

Scientists recreate blood-brain barrier defect outside the body

Researchers Create Organoid of a Brain Region to Study Cognitive Disorders

Dish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision Develops

Neuroscience is Advancing, So How Far Off Are We From a Successful Head Transplant?

Organoids Reveal how Deadly Brain Cancers Grow

Grafted Brain Organoid Provides Insight into Neurological Disorders

Lab-Created Mini-Brains Reveal How Growing Organ Maintains Neuronal Balance

Brain Tissue From a Petri Dish

Mini Brains From the Petri Dish

Neurotoxicity Predicted by Organoids Derived from Stem Cells