Stanford, California – For decades, researchers have been looking at the human brain, trying to unlock the mysteries of conditions ranging from autism to epilepsy to mental illness. But now, rather than just looking at the brain, a team at Stanford says they built themselves or at least a small part of one. The trick is that brain cells, known as organelles, don’t live in the human head – they live in the rat’s head. “We did this by transplanting organoids, very early in rat development. So while the rat…
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