Can brain organoids help in treating people with Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports
About this episode
The episode discusses the potential of brain organoids in treating Alzheimer's disease, featuring insights from geneticist Vasiliki Machairaki.
Brain organoids are lab grown clusters of cells that have several of the cell types found in someone’s brain. Cells taken from a person’s blood are coaxed to become stem cells, then differentiate into brain cells. Vasiliki Machairaki, a genetic … Can brain organoids help in treating people with Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »
People in this episode
Host: Elizabeth Tracey
Guest: Vasiliki Machairaki
Topics covered
- Alzheimer's disease
- brain organoids
- stem cells
- genetics
- medical research
Keywords
- brain organoids
- Alzheimer's treatment
- stem cells
- genetic research
- lab-grown cells
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