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Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering

Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering

Academic Research Department

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Lab-grown brain tissue cracks the psychiatric diagnosis problem

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Leading organoid development for psychiatric applications

Johns Hopkins engineers grew miniature brains from patients' skin cells and discovered each psychiatric disorder has its own electrical fingerprint. The organoids diagnosed schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with 83% accuracy just by monitoring neural firing patterns—rising to 92% after gentle electrical stimulation.

Updated May 16