Creating a Somatosensory Pathway From Human Stem Cells
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Summary
Human biology, specifically neurology, often necessitates the use of human test subjects due to the lack of analogous models in other mammals.
Recent developments have seen the creation of assembloids – organoids that simulate multiple aspects of human biology, in this case the somatosensory pathway.
Such organoids, cultures grown from human stem cells, can be used to study the development of and the defects within human biological pathways, as well as the testing of therapies.
This article summarises the use of organoids and assembloids in medicine, discussing some of the limitations and prospects of the technique.
There are hopes that using organoids will provide further insight into genetic causes of tactile deficits and help to model complex diseases.
