For decades, scientists assumed that neural stem cells (NSCs) only occur in the brain and spinal cord. A groundbreaking international study, led by Hans Schöler of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, has now refuted this ...

Windie Höfs, postdoctoral researcher in Sara Wickström's department at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, is a fellow in the Zia program 2024/2025. The fellowship program "Visible Women in Science" of ZEIT Verlag, networks and ...

Brain organoids are increasingly being used in research into diseases such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and Parkinson's, as they provide insights into the development and function of nerve cells. Brain organoids are tiny, three-dimensional cell ...