Human Brains in Mice? What!

Yes, researchers created miniature brains, or organoids, using stem cells and grafted them onto rodent brains.  What’s more, the grafts took and the mice have exhibited normal functioning.  Applications of this new research are many and important including: “sight to the blind, eliminating disorders such as Down syndrome, erasing the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and much more.”  Read more about this amazing new research here.

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https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608141/organoids-proposed-to-screen-patients-for-high-priced-drugs/

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