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An Accessible Microfluidic Platform for the Generation of Polarized Brain Organoids

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study presents an accessible double‐gradient microfluidic device that enables controlled morphogen delivery and spatially polarized differentiation in brain organoids. By integrating a pump‐free design and stable fabrication method, the platform generates dorsal–ventral neuronal asymmetry, offering a reproducible and versatile approach to model ...
Daniel Pérez‐Calixto, Manuel Alejandro Vazquez Valle, Mitzi Pérez‐Calixto, Cindy Peto‐Gutiérrez, Iván Velasco, Genaro Vázquez‐Victorio, Itzel Escobedo‐Avila   +6 more
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Brain organoids: advances, applications and challenges

Development, 2019
ABSTRACT Brain organoids are self-assembled three-dimensional aggregates generated from pluripotent stem cells with cell types and cytoarchitectures that resemble the embryonic human brain. As such, they have emerged as novel model systems that can be used to investigate human brain development and disorders.
Xuyu Qian, Hongjun Song, Guo-li Ming
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Nanomaterial‐Based Muscle Cell/Neural Tissue Biohybrid Robots: From Actuation to Biomedical Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Muscle cell‐based biohybrid robot using nanomaterials for function enhancement and neural function for biomedical applications. Biohybrid robotics, an emerging field combining biological tissues with artificial systems, has made significant progress in developing various biohybrid constructs, including muscle‐cell‐driven biorobots and microbots.
Minkyu Shin, Sangeun Lee, Su Ryon Shin, Jin‐Ha Choi, Jeong‐Woo Choi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Astrocyte Enrichment of 3D Cortical Constructs Enhances Brain Repair

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study highlights the role of astrocytes in supporting neural progenitor cell survival and differentiation after traumatic brain injury. Astrocytes enhanced neuronal differentiation, improved cell survival in co‐cultures, and promoted integration of microfluidics‐based implants with host tissue following implantation. Additionally, increased axonal
Elisa M. Cruz, Luana C. Soares, Gretchen Greene, Fernando Messore, Mohammed Abuelem, Mingyu Li, Caroline Andersen, Mirriam Domocos, Elisa Vitiello, Rabeah Abdul Razak, Marlene Lawston, Gabriel Moser, Talia Vasaturo‐Kolodner, Mona Barkat, Roslyn M. Bill, Edward Mann, Linna Zhou, Mootaz M. Salman, Hagan Bayley, Zoltán Molnár, Francis G. Szele   +20 more
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Organoid-engineered neurovascular units for drug discovery and neurodegeneration research [PDF]

BioImpacts
The highly selective permeability of the human blood-brain barrier presents a major obstacle to neurological disease modeling. Established 2D cell cultures and animal models are unable to accurately reproduce the physiological and molecular features of ...
Ailar Nakhlband
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Brain Organoids, the Path Forward?

Voices in Bioethics
Photo by Maxim Berg on Unsplash INTRODUCTION The brain is one of the most foundational parts of being human, and we are still learning about what makes humans unique. Advancements in technology have allowed for the creation of miniature brain structures using pluripotent stem cells to mimic the embryonic human brain.
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Human 3D cellular model of hypoxic brain injury of prematurity. [PDF]

, 2019
Owing to recent medical and technological advances in neonatal care, infants born extremely premature have increased survival rates1,2. After birth, these infants are at high risk of hypoxic episodes because of lung immaturity, hypotension and lack of ...
Krasnoff, Rebecca, O'Hara, Ruth, Palmer, Theo D, Park, Jin-Young, Pașca, Anca M, Pașca, Sergiu P, Qi, Qihao, Revah, Omer, Shin, Hyun-Woo, Willsey, A Jeremy   +9 more
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Dynamics of the Mammalian Placental Metabolome in Placentogenesis and Embryonic Development

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies three metabolic stages (E8.5, E9.5–10.5, E11.5–14.5) and two transition periods (E8.5–9.5, E10.5–11.5) in mouse placental development. NAD(H) emerges as a key dynamic metabolite that enhances embryonic growth through accelerated segmentation and increased proliferation of mouse embryonic stem cell (mESC)‐induced presomitic ...
Gang Chen, Zichen Liu, Mengyi Wei, Qian Li, Liang Wu, Kunyuan Yu, Yanhong Xu, Dainan Yu, Wenwu Ma, Hongmei Wang, Ng Shyh‐Chang, Jinglei Zhai   +11 more
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Engineered Living Systems With Self‐Organizing Neural Networks: From Anatomy to Behavior and Gene Expression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ectodermal tissue excised from Xenopus embryos self‐organizes into a three‐dimensional mucociliary organoid. Here, we generate a neural variant, termed neurobot, by implanting neural precursor cells. Neurobots develop mature neurons, adopt distinct morphologies, exhibit more complex motility, and respond differentially to neuroactive compounds. Imaging
Haleh Fotowat, Laurie O'Neill, Léo Pio‐Lopez, Megan M. Sperry, Patrick Erickson, Tiffany Lin, Michael Levin   +6 more
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Brain Organoids—A Bottom-Up Approach for Studying Human Neurodevelopment

Bioengineering, 2019
Brain organoids have recently emerged as a three-dimensional tissue culture platform to study the principles of neurodevelopment and morphogenesis. Importantly, brain organoids can be derived from human stem cells, and thus offer a model system for early
Eyal Karzbrun, Orly Reiner
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