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Study finds human brain grows from two separate cell lineages

As of September 2026: Co-authored the published study

Scientists grew functional human hindbrain motor neurons in a lab dish after discovering the brain develops from two separate groups of progenitor cells, not one. The Stanford Medicine-led team reported the finding Sept. 18 in Nature Neuroscience.

Updated Sep 23