Andrew Kai ’27 is a neuroscience & biology major and he is a 2025-26 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are his own. What if we could ...

The organoid field continues to expand, as researchers increasingly utilize these 3D cultures for basic research, biomarker discovery, drug development, personalized medicine, and more. As organoid ...

They’re growing miniature 3D brains from stem cells. These aren’t your fictional mad scientists’ brains in a vat; they’re organoids, and they grow in petri dishes. They’re also incredibly cool. We can ...

To permanently access this App Note for free, fill out the short form below. Cerebral organoids, derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), have emerged as powerful three-dimensional (3D) in ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels—an advance that could usher in a new era of research into ...

Researchers at the National Science Foundation (NSF) are studying the potential to harness the computer skills of tiny groups of biological cells known as organoids. Brains, whether human or animal, ...

The awardees and summary of each project are listed below: Integrated Human Brain Organoid Systems for Adaptive Reservoir Computing, University of Michigan — By combining neuromorphic computing theory ...

Something quiet but profound is happening in laboratories right now, and most people have no idea it’s real. Scientists aren’t just studying the brain anymore. They’re growing tiny pieces of it in a ...

Organoids have gained significant interest due to their ability to recapitulate the structural, molecular, and functional complexity of corresponding organs. While methods have been developed to ...