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Wed Jan 29

Brain organoids help neuroscientists understand brain development, but aren't perfect matches for real brains

Written by Madeline Andrews, Postdoctoral Scholar of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Just a few millimeters across, organoids are clumps of cells that resemble the brain. Madeline Andrews, Arnold Kriegstein's lab, UCSF, CC BY-ND

What was going on with our brain organoids?

As neuroscientists, we use these three-dimensional clusters of cells grown in petri dishes to learn more about how the human brain works. Researchers culture...

Brain organoids help neuroscientists understand brain development, but aren't perfect matches for real brains

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