Reengineering Life

Mini Neanderthal Brains Could Reveal the Origins of Psychiatric Disorders

The lab-grown organoids are helping us understand the modern brain

Brain organoids created by Alysson Muotri’s lab. Photo illustration; Image source: UC San Diego Health Sciences

Reengineering Life is a column from Future Human about the ways humans are using biology to reprogram our bodies and the world around us.