organoids
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Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human
Researchers are growing human, ape and monkey brain tissue in the lab in order to understand what makes us different. Human brains are clearly unique in some way, given that we’re the only animal that can make and post memes online and fly into space. But questions still surround why we’re different from our close…
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To Treat Cancer, Doctors Will Grow Miniature Organs From Your Tumours
Organoids are exactly what they sound like: simplified miniature organs. And now geneticists are growing them out of living cancer cells, creating tiny, living cancer tumours for study. It sounds terrifying, but it’s actually one possible way we’ll get personalised medicine to treat many kinds of cancer.