Scientists have managed to create tiny replicas of patients' cerebral cortices so they can be studied in vitro.
The study was posted in Nature Methods last week and outlines the approach for "generating a laminated cerebral cortex-like structure, named human cortical spheroids (hCSs), from pluripotent stem cells."
Stem cells are extracted from the patient's skin, which are then formed into a structure of neurons resembling an actual brain. The process will be used in order to test which medication could work on the patient's brain before prescribing it for real.
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The study was posted in Nature Methods last week and outlines the approach for "generating a laminated cerebral cortex-like structure, named human cortical spheroids (hCSs), from pluripotent stem cells."
Stem cells are extracted from the patient's skin, which are then formed into a structure of neurons resembling an actual brain. The process will be used in order to test which medication could work on the patient's brain before prescribing it for real.
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