Bjorn Scheffler, neuroscientist at the University of Florida, led the research team which released the news of their study which grew mature brain cells in a laboratory for the first time. They were able to identify master brain cells and then grow them in large batches.
"It's like an assembly line to manufacture and increase the number of brain cells," said Dr. Bjorn Scheffler, a neuroscientist at the University of Florida who led the study."We can basically take these cells and freeze them until we need them. Then we thaw them, begin a cell-generating process, and produce a ton of new neurons."
The impact of this could be tremendous for people suffering from brain diseases and possibly cancer as well. What a great story.
