MIXED SIGNALS Minibrains grown in the lab form nerve cells (red) prematurely and show signs of dying cells (green) when treated with a signaling molecule
called LIF.
A growth factor
called LIF tripled the number of oRG cells in growing minibrains by week 12.
Not exact matches
The tissue clumps are nurtured in new broth infused with growth enhancers: a gelatin - like matrix of support proteins
called Matrigel, B27 vitamin supplement, heparin and the growth promoter
LIF.
The measurement approach is
called sequential two - photon laser induced fluorescence (2P -
LIF) and uses two different laser beams to excite mercury atoms and monitor blue shifted atomic fluorescence.