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'Minibrains' In A Dish Shed A Little Light On Autism And Epilepsy

Scientists placed two clusters of cultured forebrain cells side by side (each cluster the size of a head of a pin). Within days, the "minibrains" had fused and particular neurons (in green) migrated from the left side to the right side, as subsets of cells do in a real brain. (Courtesy of Pasca lab/Stanford University)
Scientists placed two clusters of cultured forebrain cells side by side (each cluster the size of a head of a pin). Within days, the "minibrains" had fused and particular neurons (in green) migrated from the left side to the right side, as subsets of cells do in a real brain. (Courtesy of Pasca lab/Stanford University)

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