Posts by João D. Pereira, PhD
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Human Stem Cell-derived Organoids Facilitates Research into ALS Pathogenesis, Therapy
Using stem cells generated from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), João D. Pereira, PhD, and Brian J. Wainger, MD, PhD, of the Healey Center for ALS, and colleagues derived sensorimotor organoids that contain functional neuromuscular junctions and applied the model to different subgroups of ALS.
Biography
João D. Pereira, PhD, is an instructor in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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