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ArticleNature2025

A framework for neural organoids, assembloids and transplantation studies.

Sergiu P Pașca, Paola Arlotta, Helen S Bateup, J Gray Camp, Silvia Cappello, Fred H Gage, Jürgen A Knoblich, Arnold R Kriegstein, Madeline A Lancaster, Guo-Li Ming and 14 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Sergiu P PașcaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. spasca@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3216-3248
Paola ArlottaDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2184-2277
Helen S BateupDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0135-0972
J Gray CampInstitute of Human Biology (IHB), Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3295-1225
Silvia CappelloDepartment of Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1553-6775
Fred H GageLaboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0938-4106
Jürgen A KnoblichInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6751-3404
Arnold R KriegsteinEli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5742-2990
Madeline A LancasterMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2324-8853
Guo-Li MingDepartment of Neuroscience and Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences, Perelman School for Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2517-6075
Gaia NovarinoInstitute of Science and Technology of Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Hideyuki OkanoKeio University Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7482-5935
Malin ParmarDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5002-4199
In-Hyun ParkDepartment of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7748-1293
Orly ReinerDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7560-9599
Hongjun SongDepartment of Neuroscience and Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences, Perelman School for Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8720-5310
Lorenz StuderThe Center for Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0741-7987
Jun TakahashiDepartment of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3642-9186
Sally TempleNeural Stem Cell Institute, Albany, NY, USA.
Giuseppe TestaDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9104-0918
Barbara TreutleinDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3299-5597
Flora M VaccarinoYale Stem Cell Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2167-981X
Pierre VanderhaeghenVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, Leuven, Belgium.
Tracy Young-PearseDepartment of Neurology, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Development and Expansion of the Human Cerebral CortexR35NS097305 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KRIEGSTEIN, ARNOLD · 2017 to 2024
$8.5M
Sex-specific trajectories in epigenomic regulation of brain patterningR01MH129301 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FLORA M VACCARINO · 2022 to 2026
$4.5M
Neurodevelopment of Tourette syndromeR01MH118453 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FLORA M VACCARINO · 2019 to 2026
$4.0M
Neurobiology of Autism With MacrocephalyR01MH109648 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VACCARINO, FLORA M · 2016 to 2021
$3.3M
Developmental Topology of the Human Cerebral CortexR35NS137344 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ARNOLD KRIEGSTEIN · 2025 to 2026
$2.1M
Medical Research Council MC_UP_1201/9NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH109648NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118453NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH129301NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097305NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS137344
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the field of neural organoids and assembloids expands, there is an emergent need for guidance and advice on designing, conducting and reporting experiments to increase the reproducibility and utility of these models. In this Perspective, we present a framework for the experimental process that encompasses ensuring the quality and integrity of human pluripotent stem cells, characterizing and manipulating neural cells in vitro, transplantation techniques and considerations for modelling human development, evolution and disease. As with all scientific endeavours, we advocate for rigorous experimental designs tailored to explicit scientific questions as well as transparent methodologies and data sharing to provide useful knowledge for current research practices and for developing regulatory standards.

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NeuronsOrganoidsAnimalsCell TransplantationHumansPluripotent Stem CellsReproducibility of ResultsResearch Design

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