Brain Organoids: from Space to AI with Alysson Muotri

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Alysson Muotri discusses the implications of brain organoids sent to space for understanding aging and neurological diseases.

Professor Alysson R. Muotri (geneticist and developmental biologist at UC San Diego) joins for a far out conversation about sending brain organoids to the International Space Station and what they're teaching us about aging, neurological disease, and a new kind of AI. One month in orbit ages an organoid the equivalent of 10 years on Earth, and Alysson's lab has already used that compressed timeline to unlock an FDA-approved clinical trial for a drug developed in space. In this episode, we dis...

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Hosts: Greg Kubin, Matias Serebrinsky

Guest: Alysson R. Muotri

Topics covered

• brain organoids
• space research
• neurological disease
• aging
• AI

Keywords

• brain organoids
• space
• aging
• neurological disease
• AI
• FDA-approved clinical trial

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC San Diego

Places: International Space Station

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