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Microscopy images reveal significant differences in size and structure between brain organoids derived from a patient with Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (right) and from a control (left). Credit: UC San Diego Health SciencesUniversity of California San Diego (UCSD) study uses lab-grown human brain tissue to identify neural abnormalities in Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome and test gene therapy tools.In a study published on May 02, 2022, in the journal Nature Communications, scientists at the University of California San Diego School of…

The way the brain responds to traumatic injuries is a matter of intense interest to medical scientists investigating concussion and its significant health impacts. Through experiments on mice in which a key set of immune cells were essentially reset after the injury, researchers have shown how a heightened sense of alert may drive some of the long-term consequences to cognitive function, and opened up new possibilities around post-concussion therapies for human sufferers.Carried out by scientists at Ohio State University,…