Professor Steve Petrou

Head, Division of Epilepsy, and Head, Laboratory of Ion Channels and Human Disease, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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Brain in a dish: the therapeutic potential of stem cells and organoids

Miniature immature organs in dishes, known as organoids, may hold the key to major breakthroughs in treatments for epilepsy and autism, as well as a range of other diseases

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Organoids: the next revolution in human biology has begun

Researchers are growing miniature immature organs in dishes, meaning they can investigate a range of developmental disorders like epilepsy, autism and Alzheimer’s outside the human body