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·October 14, 2018·6 min read

Dish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision Develops

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.

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·May 5, 2018·5 min read

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

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?

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·April 25, 2018·4 min read

Organoids Reveal how Deadly Brain Cancers Grow

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.

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·April 16, 2018·5 min read

Grafted Brain Organoid Provides Insight into Neurological Disorders

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

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·July 27, 2017·3 min read

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

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

Image shows the brain tissue in a petri dish.

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·April 13, 2017·5 min read

Brain Tissue From a Petri Dish

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

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·April 4, 2017·4 min read

Mini Brains From the Petri Dish

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

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·September 21, 2015·6 min read

Neurotoxicity Predicted by Organoids Derived from Stem Cells

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