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Podcast: Once Upon A Gene
Episode: Mini Brains in a Dish: Organoids and the Future of Personalized Rare Disease Medicine
Description:
In this episode of Once Upon a Gene, Effie sits down with Dr. Maya Gosztyla
from Brainstorm Therapeutics to explore one of the most exciting frontiers in rare disease research - organoids. These “mini brains in a dish” are clusters of real human brain cells grown from a child’s stem cells. They’re giving researchers and families new ways to study disease, test drugs, and imagine personalized treatments.
Effie and Maya talk about:
What organoids are and why they matter for rare diseases
How organoids could replace traditional mouse models, speeding...