Understanding how a healthy brain works can provide insight into how it fails, too. Scientists hope that studying organoids derived from humans with neurodevelopmental disorders — particularly ...

In essence, their success proves that brain organoids are capable of goal-directed learning, similar to the kind of trial-and ...

By fine tuning the motion of molecules, scientists created an injectable therapy that encouraged the growth of neurites and ...

Pasca Lab specializes in growing three-dimensional organoid models from reprogrammed stem cells, which capture molecular changes during fetal brain-like development. Because the human brain cannot be ...

Human spinal cord organoids have been used to model different types of spinal cord injuries and test a promising new regenerative therapy.

Imagine balancing a ruler vertically in the palm of your hand: you have to constantly pay attention to the angle of the ruler and make many small adjustments to make sure it doesn't fall over. It ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz have demonstrated that lab-grown mini-brains can process information and learn in real time.

Neurites include axons, which are often severed during spinal cord injuries. When axons are cut, communication between neurons is disrupted, leading to paralysis and loss of sensation below the injury ...

Organoids have transformed biomedical research by giving scientists miniature versions of human organs to study in the lab.

No body, no dopamine, no problem. Scientists have successfully coached lab-grown brain tissue to solve a classic robotics challenge, proving that the will to learn is hardwired into our neurons.

Organoids developed from human stem cells modeled spinal cord injuries, providing a powerful in vitro tool to evaluate regenerative therapies for CNS injuries.

Two of the researchers were also the first to create ovarian organoids from mouse embryonic stem cells, in 2021.