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The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to a Boston native and two other scientists working on the mechanisms the ...
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Three-phase, 36-month award aims to extend BrainEx perfusion from 24 hours to up to two weeks, enabling longitudinal studies of human brain biology and therapeutic responses - NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct.
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Scientists have created an unusual experimental model in which lab-grown human brain tissue has been integrated into the ...
Cell-based models of the human cortex transplanted into mice produce neurons that are inaccessible in vitro, and could enable scientists to link brain injury to behaviour.