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Antidepressant harms baby neurons in lab-grown ‘mini-brains’

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Researchers have demonstrated the use of stem-cell-derived ‘mini-brains’ to detect harmful side effects of a common drug on the developing brain. Mini-brains are miniature human brain models, developed with human cells and barely visible to the human eye, whose cellular mechanisms mimic those of the developing human brain.

Source: ScienceDaily.com