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What the science is actually for

The medical case for xenocortical mice, the results of the 2026 study, and how the work fits with organoid research going back to 2013.

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Why xenocortical mice matter for brain medicine

The human brain is locked inside a skull and no animal brain is a good copy of it. That is why schizophrenia, epilepsy and dementia still have so few real treatments.