Can drugs to manage Alzheimer’s disease be tested in organoids? Elizabeth Tracey reports
From Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts by Johns Hopkins Medicine
April 9, 2026 · 1 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the potential of using brain organoids to test drugs for managing Alzheimer's disease symptoms.
Drugs to manage symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease may work in some people but not in others. Now a new method using brain organoids, which are derived from a person’s own blood sample, may help determine whether a specific medication is … Can drugs to manage Alzheimer’s disease be tested in organoids? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »
People in this episode
Host: Elizabeth Tracey
Topics covered
- Alzheimer's disease
- brain organoids
- drug testing
- personalized medicine
- symptom management
Keywords
- Alzheimer's
- drugs
- organoids
- brain
- medication
- symptoms
- blood sample
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Organizations: Alzheimer’s disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine
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