Article 5NG7C Scientists Grew a Brain-Like Blob With Primitive Eyes

Scientists Grew a Brain-Like Blob With Primitive Eyes

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Isaac Schultz
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Now the stem cells are just showing off. An international team of researchers say they've developed a lab-grown mass of tissue that mimicked a brain and was able to spontaneously produce two symmetrical optic cups, eye-like structures sensitive to light. But don't worry-these rudimentary organoids are not conscious.

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