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ReviewCell stem cell2025

Bioengineering innovations for neural organoids with enhanced fidelity and function.

Yubing Sun, Yoshiho Ikeuchi, Feng Guo, Insoo Hyun, Guo-Li Ming, Jianping Fu

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Review in Cell stem cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Engineering brain organoids: from neurodevelopmental modeling to translational barriers.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yubing SunDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. Electronic address: ybsun@umass.edu.
Yoshiho IkeuchiInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan; Institute for AI and Beyond, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.
Feng GuoDepartment of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA.
Insoo HyunCenter for Life Sciences and Public Learning, Museum of Science, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Guo-Li MingDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Jianping FuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Funding

Functional roles of genetic risk factors for brain disorders in neurogenesis and neurodevelopmentR35NS097370 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MING, GUO-LI · 2017 to 2024
$6.7M
An automated portable system for detecting and treating opioid induced respiratory depressionU01DA056242 · NIDA · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI GUO, FENG, MACKIE, KENNETH · 2022 to 2024
$3.8M
Early detection of type 1 diabetes via Exosome Technology with Optoelectronics Lab-on-chip: EXTOLR01DK133864 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GAGLIA, JASON, GUO, FENG · 2022 to 2025
$3.0M
An acoustofluidic avidity cytometer for massive parallel profiling single autoreactive T cell in autoimmune diseaseDP2AI160242 · NIAID · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI GUO, FENG · 2020 to 2020
$2.4M
A Fully Patterned Human Neural Tube Model Using MicrofluidicsR01NS129850 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Jianping Fu · 2023 to 2026
$2.1M
Epitranscriptomic regulation in the mammalian nervous systemR35NS137480 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Guo-li Ming · 2025 to 2026
$2.0M
Acoustic Tweezing Cytometry for Efficient Neural DifferentiationR01GM143297 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DENG, CHERI X, FU, JIANPING · 2021 to 2024
$1.8M
Dissecting inter-region communication in human organoid models with dual-color optogenetic probesR21AG087754 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI Guangyu Xu · 2024 to 2026
$598k
Synthetic microfluidic synthesis of spinal cord tissues from human pluripotent stem cellsR21NS113518 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FU, JIANPING · 2019 to 2019
$422k
Patterning human forebrain organoids by engineering controlled biochemical microenvironmentR21MH130843 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI SUN, YUBING · 2022 to 2023
$411k
Modeling NDE1 function in dysregulated brain development using a microfluidic CNS modelR21NS127983 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FU, JIANPING, REINER, ORLY · 2023 to 2024
$371k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural organoids have been utilized to recapitulate different aspects of the developing nervous system. While hailed as promising experimental tools for studying human neural development and neuropathology, current neural organoids do not fully recapitulate the anatomy or microcircuitry-level functionality of the developing brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nervous system. In this review, we discuss emerging bioengineering approaches that control morphogen signals and biophysical microenvironments, which have improved the efficiency, fidelity, and utility of neural organoids. Furthermore, advancements in bioengineered tools have facilitated more sophisticated analyses of neural organoid functions and applications, including improved neural-bioelectronic interfaces and organoid-based information processing. Emerging bioethical issues associated with advanced neural organoids are also discussed. Future opportunities of neural organoid research lie in enhancing their fidelity, maturity, and complexity and expanding their applications in a scalable manner.

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BioengineeringNeuronsOrganoidsAnimalsHumans

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PMCPMC12052258

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