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Human brain ‘organoids’ grafted into rats take note of light and pattern

Structures resembling small human brains can form neural connections if transplanted into a rat brain.
A rat brain with a grafted human brain organoid shown in red and green on a black background

A human brain organoid (green) grafted into the brain (red) of a rat. Credit: Dennis Jgamadze

Transplanting structures resembling miniature human brains into the visual areas of rats’ brains can help the animals to see1.

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Nature 614, 198 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00228-5

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  1. Jgamadze, D. et al. Cell Stem Cell https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2023.01.004 (2023).

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