James Gallagher
BBC
August 28, 2013
Cross-section of miniature human brains termed cerebral organoids / via BBC
Miniature “human brains” have been grown in a lab in a feat scientists hope will transform the understanding of neurological disorders.
The pea-sized structures reached the same level of development as in a nine-week-old foetus, but are incapable of thought.
The study, published in the journal Nature, has already been used to gain insight into rare diseases.
This article was posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 1:05 pm
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