Stem cell modelling to aid schizophrenia: University of Wollongong researchers

By Angela Thompson
Updated December 3 2014 - 4:42pm, first published December 2 2014 - 7:03pm
Stem cell expert Professor Jeremy Crook is working on neural diseases. Picture: GREG TOTMAN
Stem cell expert Professor Jeremy Crook is working on neural diseases. Picture: GREG TOTMAN

University of Wollongong researchers are using living human stem cells to build brain tissue that could one day be used to treat neural diseases like schizophrenia and epilepsy.

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