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Network the human brain grown in washable and reusable microchips. Brain cells grown in the laboratory are organized into tiny clusters called brain organoids, which researchers can watch growing in real time.
The experiment was carried out by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai (IITM) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This was done to investigate the mysterious early development process of the brain.
The ‘mini-brain’ group of cells, which are in many ways similar to the fetal brain, live in tiny microchips and are fed a nutrient-rich fluid that is pumped at regular intervals, mimicking the way fluids move through the human brain. The researchers managed to grow brain organoids in this way for more than seven days.
Apart from explaining the development process brainThe network developed in the laboratory also allows scientists to test how a person’s brain might react to certain drugs.
“Our goal is to see this technology reach people around the world who need it for their health care,” said Ikram Khan, a scientist from IITM. Metro.co.uk.
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Providing full visibility for scientists while controlling the flow of replacement fluids and waste extraction is a major step forward for brain cell studies. To test the system, the researchers implanted human stem cells that had begun to grow as brain cells into the microchip holes, and flowed a carefully controlled fluid through the chips, while observing the progress of their growth under a microscope.
Organoids will continue to grow if they don’t fill the physical space in the holes where they grow. Scientists observe cells that reproduce and form structures similar to the human brain, among others, a shape that resembles a ventricle, which is a space filled with brain fluid which is important for organ function.
The ventricles also appear to be surrounded by networks similar to those found in the neocortex, a part of the brain that performs higher-order functions such as thinking, reasoning and language understanding.
According to lead researcher Chloé Delépine of MIT, this is the first time an organoid has the human brain has grown so far with great visibility, at a very low price.
Delépine confidently calls it low-cost, because the cost of this microchip is less than the price of a cup of coffee. The chips can also be 3D printed using a type of biocompatible resin used in dental surgery.
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