Creating custom brains from the ground up

(Boston Children's Hospital) In today's Nature, scientists from Boston Children's Hospital and UC San Francisco describe a new way to create customized mouse models for studying the brain. After killing off young brain cells, the developing forebrain can then be reconstituted from genetically engineered stem cells containing the specific genetic modifications desired for study.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news