Alysson Muotri: A Brain Begins – in a Dish Science Clear+Vivid Podcast
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By coaxing skin cells to become brain cells in a dish, Alysson Muotri hopes to learn how early brain development can go wrong in conditions like autism or epilepsy – and how our brains differ from those of our cousins, the Neanderthals.
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By coaxing skin cells to become brain cells in a dish, Alysson Muotri hopes to learn how early brain development can go wrong in conditions like autism or epilepsy – and how our brains differ from those of our cousins, the Neanderthals.
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
36 min
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