Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

Mini-brains' grown in the lab allow scientists to study brain wiring without interfering with brains in living people, and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 3, 2025 — New research published online in the American Journal of Psychiatry provides new molecular insights into the role of the habenula, a pea-sized brain region that helps ...

Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research this year, like how to keep brains young and how to ...

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity.

Researchers have grown pea-sized brains in the lab that are offering an unprecedented look at how neurons behave differently ...