Interviews & Media Articles Interview and Profile Articles October 2025 Revolutionizing Psychiatry: Sergiu Pasca’s Groundbreaking Work National Academies: New Heroes July 2025 The human brain remains the final frontier Stanford Report March 2025 Organoids and assembloids offer a new window into human brain The Transmitter October 2024 Inside Out Stanford Magazine May 2024 A Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic “Rescue Strategy” is Developed for Timothy Syndrome, an Autism Spectrum Disorder Brain & Behavior Research Foundation November 2023 Prezențe românești - Sergiu Paşca TVR International Watch on Youtube September 2023 ‘Brains Within Brains’: Organoid Experiments Show How Pathologies Emerge in the Developing Brain Brain & Behavior Research Foundation October 2022 Human Brains Are Hard to Study. He Grows Useful Substitutes. Quanta Magazine July 2022 Here come the assembloids Stanford Medicine Magazine January 2022 Q&A: Reverse engineering the human brain by growing neural circuits in the lab Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute News October 2021 Le chercheur qui reconstruit les circuits du cerveau humain vivant Heidi News September 2021 The rise of the assembloid Nature December 2019 Sergiu Pasca: Brain Builder The Scientist Download PDF November 2019 The hidden biology of the human brain Nature Medicine March 2018 Brain Balls Stanford Medicine Previous Next Pause Play National Academies Stanford Report The Transmitter Stanford Magazine Brain and Behaviour TVR Brain and Behaviour Quanta Magazine Stanford Medicine Magazine WuTsai Heidi News Nature The Scientist Nature Medicine Stanford Medicine Magazine Media Articles Human brain cells transplanted into mice in ‘most extensive’ integration ever Nature News, 16 September 2026 Scientists create human-mouse hybrid The Telegraph, 16 September 2026 These Mice Have Partly Human Brains The New York Times, 16 September 2026 Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough BBC, 16 September 2026 Scientists transplant lab-grown human brain tissue into mice Reuters, 16 September 2026 Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next? National Public Radio, 16 September 2026 Scientists create mice with part-human brains The Guardian, 16 September 2026 Scientists restore brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder National Public Radio, 30 April 2024 Gene-based therapy restores cellular development and function in brain cells from people with Timothy syndrome NIH News Releases, 24 April 2024 Brain organoids target rare neurological disorder Financial Times, 24 April 2024 Brain organoids and assembloids are new models for elucidating, treating neurodevelopmental disorders Stanford Medicine News Center, 24 April 2024 A genetic patch corrects a rare syndrome in human brain organoid grafted into a rat El Pais, 24 April 2024 Sergiu P. Paşca Receives the 2024 ISSCR Momentum Award for his Pioneering Work in Neurodevelopment and Disease International Society for Stem Cell Research, 6 February 2024 “Organoids” Reveal How Human Forebrain Develops Scientific American, 24 January 2024 Research advances understanding of brain disorders The Stanford Daily, 16 October 2023 Brain cells, interrupted: How some genes may cause autism, epilepsy and schizophrenia National Public Radio, 2 October 2023 Scientists discover how dozens of genes may contribute to autism The Washington Post, 5 October 2023 13 recent scientific breakthroughs The Week, 28 April 2023 Cercetătorul Sergiu Pașca, profesor la Universitatea Stanford din SUA, va fi Doctor Honoris Causa al UMF Cluj-Napoca Adevarul, 20 April 2023 This neuroscientist’s breakthrough experiment could herald a new era of psychiatry Inverse, 19 December 2022 Un organoïde cérébral humain implanté dans un cerveau de rat Le Monde, 31 October 2022 Human neurons merge with rat brain to control senses Science, 13 October 2022 Human brain cells implanted in rats prompt excitement — and concern Nature, 12 October 2022 Human Brain Cells Grow in Rats, and Feel What the Rats Feel The New York Times, 12 October 2022 Researchers Transplant Human Neurons into Rat Brains The Scientist, 12 October 2022 What happens when human brain tissue is implanted into rats The Economist, 12 October 2022 Human-to-rat brain tissue implant boosts psychiatric disease research Financial Times, 12 October 2022 Transplant of human brain tissue into rats could help study autism, other disorders The Washington Post, 12 October 2022 These rats have human cells in their brains. They may help scientists understand autism and schizophrenia USA Today, 12 October 2022 Scientists grow human brain cells in rats to study diseases Associated Press, 12 October 2022 Scientists Grow Human Cells in Rat Brains to Study Autism, Schizophrenia Wall Street Journal, 12 October 2022 Human neurons transplanted into rats to help study brain disorders The Guardian, 12 October 2022 Lab-Grown Human Cells Form Working Circuits in Rat Brains Quanta Magazine, 12 October 2022 Un equipo de científicos injerta neuronas humanas en el cerebro de ratas y logra influir en su comportamiento El Pais, 12 October 2022 Researchers develop method to study brain connectivity, functionality NIH News Releases, 12 October 2022 Lab-Grown Human Brain Tissue Works in Rats Wired, 12 October 2022 Der Mensch in der Ratte Spiegel Wissenschaft, 14 October 2022 Human neurons implanted in a rodent’s brain lead a rat to water — and make it drink Stat News, 12 October 2022 Human brain cells transplanted into rat brains hold promise for neuropsychiatric research Stanford Medicine Magazine, 12 October 2022 Human brain tissue implanted into rats integrated and grew with host's brain Sky News, 12 October 2022 NIH-funded Study Sheds Light on Abnormal Neural Function in Rare Genetic Disorder NIMH Science News, 28 September 2020 Using Medicine and Science to Improve the Quality of Life The New York Times, 27 May 2018 Stanford neuroscientist’s ‘assembloids’ pave the way for innovative brain research Scope Blog, 27 May 2018 Human brain in a dish: Stanford-grown cells fuse — and chat The Mercury News, 6 May 2017 'Minibrains' In A Dish Shed A Little Light On Autism And Epilepsy National Public Radio, 26 April 2017 Human Forebrain Circuits Under Construction – in a Dish NIMH Science News, 26 April 2017 From ketamine to cupboard therapy: the future of mental health treatment The Guardian, 29 July 2016 Researchers grow brain parts to study development, disease Associated Press, 5 November 2015 Brain find sheds light on autism BBC News, 27 November 2011 Previous Next
