Modeling the Evolution of Human Brain Development Using Organoids.

Muchnik, Sydney Keaton; Lorente-Galdos, Belen; Santpere, Gabriel; Sestan, Nenad · Cell · 2019

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

In a recent issue of Nature, Kanton et al. explore human brain evolution and development by profiling the single-cell transcriptomes and epigenomes of cerebral organoids derived from human, chimpanzee, and macaque stem cells. Their results reveal key molecular characteristics that differentiate humans and non-human primates at the earliest stages of brain development.

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