How to Make Organoids
October 2, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Betty Crocker couldn’t have been clearer: “To grow brain organoids, researchers have traditionally cultured human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which develop into clumps of tissue with embryonic features. That tissue is then bathed in proteins to spur the development of nervous-system progenitor cells, which are put into nutrient-containing oil droplets and floated in a spinning bioreactor. After 10 days, neurons begin to form, and in about a month, the neurons begin to spontaneously arrange themselves into different regions that mimic an intact brain.” This infographic also explains 3-D printing. MORE
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