by The Scripps Research Institute A cerebral organoid showing rosettes (or whirls) of newly developing and migrating new neurons (shown in purplish-red). Credit: Scripps Research Using stem cells generated from patients with a rare and severe form of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, Scripps Research scientists have grown personalized “mini-brains” (or organoids) to study the...
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Q&A: How proteins interact may hold key to future autism treatments
by Robin Marks, University of California, San Francisco Microscope image of a brain organoid derived from human stem cells that contain a mutation associated with autism spectrum disorder. These organoids are providing new insight into neurodevelopmental disorders. Credit: David Shin, Nowakowski Lab Tremendous progress has been made over the last decade in identifying genes leading to...