Brain Organoids Mimic Autism
March 16, 2021 | Terry Sharrer
While many scientists in regenerative medicine research work on whole organ regeneration, others have found usefulness in growing organoids from stem cells for drug efficacy. In this piece, biologists at the University of California at San Diego have grown brain organoids that have been modified to induce a mutation of the MECP2 gene, which normally packages DNA and proteins into chromosomes. The mutation mimics a form of autism called Rett syndrome. This, then, enables drug discovery to correct the mutation. MORE
Image Credit: University of San Diego Health Sciences