Tag: organoids

Bloody Brain Bouncers

What do you mean I’m not on the guest list?! I’m Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science! Geez! Like an exclusive club, our brains have a bouncer: the blood-brain barrier or B-B-B. It guards your brain from intruders in your bloodstream. But some diseases can compromise the

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Space Brains

Can your brain handle outer space? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Davide Marotta and team from New York wondered how gravity affects the brain. Combining different types of sticky brain cells, they made tissue-like structures called organoids. And… BLAST OFF! Organoids were sent to

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