Mini-brain model first to recreate distinctive features of Parkinson’s disease (IMAGE)

Duke-NUS Medical School

Mini-brain model first to recreate distinctive features of Parkinson’s disease

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Small pea-sized human midbrain-like organoids – which are essentially three-dimensional, multicellular, in vitro tissue constructs that mimic the human midbrain – are grown from human stem cells to enable scientists to study how the human brain develops and communicates.

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Associate Professor Hyunsoo Shawn Je, Duke-NUS Medical School

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