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Von Economo neurons only develop in large, social animals such as whales, elephants, and humans.

In cognitive tests, mice with human brain cells performed about as well as ordinary mice.

Human cortex organoids were placed into empty spaces in the brains of engineered mice.

In the experiment, transplanted human neurons multiplied from a few hundred thousand to as many as 4 million cells.

Bioethicist John Evans stated the cortex is the part of the brain that results in humanness.

Scientists created organoids from human cortex cells for an experiment.

Genetically altered mice used in a study had brains that were almost entirely missing the cortex.

The mice in the study were engineered without an immune system to prevent rejection of human tissue.

Dr. Sergiu Pașca's team at Stanford inserted human brain organoids into young rats.

The human cortex enables sophisticated use of language and other forms of higher-order thinking.

In an experiment with rats, transplanted human organoids grew to occupy about one-third of one side of the rodent's brain.

Scientists altered genes in mice that are essential for growing neurons in the cortex.

Seven years ago, Dr. Sergiu Pașca and his colleagues began a new research approach.

In a 2022 study, scientists found that flashes of light caused both transplanted human neurons and native mouse neurons to respond.

Human brains are a thousand times bigger than mouse brains.

In a 2022 study, researchers implanted human organoids into the visual center of adult mouse brains.

Dr. Sergiu Pașca's team has used brain organoids to study Timothy syndrome.

Dr. Sergiu Pașca and his colleagues designed a drug to restore brain cell growth in people with Timothy syndrome.

In 2018, neuroscientist Fred Gage and his colleagues at the Salk Institute were the first to transplant human brain organoids into rodents.

Researchers have performed safety testing in animals for a drug designed for Timothy syndrome.