STAT+: Brain organoids, kept alive more than five years, matured like human brains
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- Brain organoids in Paola Arlotta's Harvard lab were kept alive for more than five years and matured like human brains, according to the report
- Irene Faravelli, a junior scientist in Arlotta's developmental neurobiology group, analyzed the long-lived organoids and brought the resulting images to Arlotta, who said she was pleased someone had the courage to do the work
Why it matters: Developmental neurobiologist Paola Arlotta's lab at Harvard produced brain organoids that survived past five years and showed human-brain-like maturation, extending the viable lifespan of these lab-grown tissue models far beyond what is typical and giving researchers a longer window to study neural development.
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