PTI | 6 hours 42 min ago
London: Scientists have used stem cells to grow miniature human brains in a lab, an advance that can provide new insights into neurological disorders.
The pea-sized brains, that have been “alive” for almost a year, were also used to model microcephaly, a human genetic disorder in which brain size is dramatically reduced.
Scientists at the Austrian Academy of Sciences grew the complex human brain tissue in a three-dimensional culture system by using pluripotent stem cells that developed into cerebral organoids or ‘mini brains’ that consist of several discrete brain regions. Researchers can now study aspects of human brain that are difficult to model in animals.
London: Scientists have used stem cells to grow miniature human brains in a lab, an advance that can provide new insights into neurological disorders.
The pea-sized brains, that have been “alive” for almost a year, were also used to model microcephaly, a human genetic disorder in which brain size is dramatically reduced.
Scientists at the Austrian Academy of Sciences grew the complex human brain tissue in a three-dimensional culture system by using pluripotent stem cells that developed into cerebral organoids or ‘mini brains’ that consist of several discrete brain regions. Researchers can now study aspects of human brain that are difficult to model in animals.
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