Why rely on mouse brains to help us understand our most complex organ when you can grow a model of a human one? Tiny "brains" that include parts of the cortex, hippocampus and even retinas, have been made for the first time using stem cells.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24114-mini-human-brains-grown-in-lab-for-first-time.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Chealth
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24114-mini-human-brains-grown-in-lab-for-first-time.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Chealth
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