Human brain cell transplant offers insights into neurological conditions
(World News Science)

Scientists have created a `window` into the brain, which enables researchers to watch in detail how human brain cells connect to each other. In the new study, led by Imperial College London in collaboration with a group from the University of Cambridge, researchers for the first time successfully transplanted human brain cells into a mouse brain, and watched how they grew and connected to each other. This allowed the team to study the way human brain cells interact in a more natural environment than previously possible. We were hoping a few of the human brain cells would grow within the mouse brain - but we were stunned to see the human brain cells thrive, and soon talk and work togetherDr...