THINKBALLS - Biotech | Mini Brains

Organoids are pea-sized cultured brain embryonic stem cells for researching brain development and diseases in brains.

One brain sample can culture 1000 Organoids, which can reduce the number of animals used in brain research.

Ethical questions have been raised.

This video is a merge of biotech news and dawn's art & music.

The video production & music mix -- THINKBALLS (Humans2R, (both by DPearce-DAWMAIN), were inspired by her online research about Organoids.

DPearce is a Music Mixer, Research Writer, Children's Book Writer/Illustrator/Jingles Creator and Digital Artist/Amateur Photographer.
• She previously worked in Healthcare & Legal Entities & Also Owned Businesses that Supported Discounted or Free Community Services.
• You might know Dawn from other social networks, when she owned/managed multiple art groups & communities and collections/pages on a variety of topics e.g. DIY, BIOTECH, WEATHER, THE ARTS, WEDDINGS, PERSONALITY, CALM NATURAL AIDS, MEDICAL TECH, SCIENCE, SPACE, etc

• Find DPearce art on RedBubble under #dawnpearce888 or #dpearce.
• Find Dawn Pearce Art For Sale also on Fine Art America.
• Find DPEARCE-DAWMAIN music mixes on SoundCloud but also listed as DAWMAIN.
• Also, DAWMAIN is also on LOUDLY, (& Music Maker Jam).

SOURCES
Scientists Grow Mini-Brains With Recognizable Brainwaves ...
DISCOVER MAGAZINE, 2019
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/scientists-grow-mini-brains-with-recognizable-brainwaves

Tiny human brain organoids implanted into rodents, triggering ethical concerns
By Sharon Begley
STAT, 2017
https://www.statnews.com/2017/11/06/human-brain-organoids-ethics/

Mini-Brain
CNN, 2016
Q&A
Human ‘mini brains’ grown in labs may help solve cancer, autism, Alzheimer’s
By Thom Patterson and Video produced by Rachel Crane, CNN
https://www.nae.edu/19579/165897/20676/20730/20186/163256/MiniBrain
https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/06/health/pioneers-brain-organoids/index.html

An accessible approach to making a mini-brain
Brown University, 2015
https://news.brown.edu/articles/2015/10/minibrain