• Question: Where do the organoids come from and how are they grown

    Asked by hand520doty to Emma W on 10 Mar 2025.
    • Photo: Emma Weir

      Emma Weir answered on 10 Mar 2025:


      We make them in the lab out of cells!

      We have special stem cells that can turn into other cell types if we feed them the right nutrients and chemical messages. So if we let the cells stick together and feed them the right things they become the same cells as in the brain

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