How lab-grown ‘mini-brains’ could reveal the inner workings of dementia — and point to a cure
May 30, 2023
Over the past 20 years, Alzheimer’s researchers have conducted more than 200 clinical trials of promising candidate therapies, with little success. An effective treatment for the devastating neurodegenerative disease remains elusive.
Using 3D bioprinting technology, UBC researchers Dr. Haakon Nygaard and Dr. Brian MacVicar are working to grow tissue models of patients’ own brains. Their work could revolutionize Alzheimer’s treatments.
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