A model of your brain may one day be grown in a lab, Elizabeth Tracey reports

About this episode

The episode discusses the growth of brain organoids from blood samples of Alzheimer's patients and their use in drug assessment.

Brain organoids, collections of cells found in the brain, have been grown from blood samples of people with Alzheimer’s disease and used to assess the impact of a drug called escitalopram in a new study. Vasiliki Machairaki, study leader and … A model of your brain may one day be grown in a lab, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

People in this episode

Host: Elizabeth Tracey

Topics covered

• brain organoids
• Alzheimer's disease
• drug assessment
• lab-grown models
• neuroscience

Keywords

• brain organoids
• Alzheimer's disease
• escitalopram
• drug study
• neuroscience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alzheimer’s disease

Products: escitalopram

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