Mini-Brains Just Grew Their Own Blood Vessels—Here’s Why That’s Great News

Mini-Brains Just Grew Their Own Blood Vessels—Here’s Why That’s Great News

“If you ever put a brain through a Picasso filter, you’d probably get something close to a brain ball.

When brain balls first hit the neuroscience scene in 2013, they were just a curious oddity. Each smaller than a grain of sand, brain balls are conglomerates of neurons seemingly haphazardly mushed into misshapen blobs. But there’s a serious twist: they’re utterly, completely, absolutely alive.

Yup, that’s right: scientists are making living blobs of brain-like organs floating in a dish…”

https://singularityhub.com/2018/04/18/mini-brains-just-grew-their-own-blood-vessels-heres-why-thats-great-news/

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