brain organoid (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

brain organoid

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A representative culture from a brain organoid in which the gene MECP2 — causative in Rett syndrome — has been "knocked out," as shown through a fluorescent microscope. Because the culture was treated with experimental cancer drug ADH-503, new synapses formed.

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Muotri Lab/ UC San Diego Health Sciences

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