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Madeline Lancaster

Madeline Lancaster

Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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It's so simple to make brain organoids. There is even a kit you can buy that has everything in it.

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Lab-grown brain tissue cracks the psychiatric diagnosis problem

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Developed first cerebral organoid protocol

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