Researchers simulate Usher syndrome in retinal organoids
Retinal organoids grown in a dish have shed light on the mechanisms behind a genetically inherited cause of blindness called Usher syndrome...
An artificially grown mass of cells or tissue that resembles an organ.
Retinal organoids grown in a dish have shed light on the mechanisms behind a genetically inherited cause of blindness called Usher syndrome...
The first human bone marrow organoids have been developed in the lab, to help in the development of blood cancer treatments...
Human neurons have survived transplantation and integrated into the brains of young rats, building a new model to study human brain development...
Conditions that are favourable to growing good quality brain organoids have been demonstrated by University of California scientists...
Lecturer in medical ethics at Lancaster University, Dr John Appleby looks at the reasons why the 14-day rule for embryo research was imposed in the first place, and why it should be reconsidered...
New research using brain organoids suggests that stem cell senescence, where cells are halted in a suspended state, is responsible for the fetal brain changes caused by sodium valproate...
by Ochuko Oyeye
Details of how to develop three-dimensional organoid models of the cervix have been published...
by Tom Turner
Mutations in three autism-associated genes have been shown to affect the pace that certain types of neurons emerge in the developing brain...
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