Brains in a Dish Guide Autism Sleuths Seeking First Medicines

September 29, 2015

(Bloomberg Business) – Scientists have found a way to peer into the brains of people with autism: grow them in a dish. Aided by stem cell technology that earned Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka the Nobel Prize in Medicine three years ago, companies including Novartis AG, Roche Holding AG and Johnson & Johnson are gaining new insights into the triggers of a social disorder that afflicts one in 68 people.