Salk scientists create human brain organoid model with abundant astrocytes to study stress and inflammation in neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s LA JOLLA (February 28, 2024)—The brain is ...

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Scientists have created a novel organoid model of the human brain that contains astrocytes -- which have been excluded from other models thus far -- to study inflammation in diseases like Alzheimer's.