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Wenzel
[ German ven-tsuhl ]
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Wearing torso-sized replicas of the now-discontinued Disney FastPasses over their chests, longtime friends Ryan Wenzel and Allie Ring have resigned themselves to higher prices.
“I feel like inflation is everywhere,” said Wenzel, 31, from Chicago, wearing a giant replica of a FastPass for the Haunted Mansion ride.
Now, Wenzel's "mini-brain" could revolutionize the way Alzheimer's and other brain-related diseases are diagnosed and treated.
Using stem cells taken from human blood, Wenzel was able to create a tiny artificial organ -- roughly three millimetres across and resembling visually what Wenzel described as a piece of chewed gum someone has tried to smooth out again.
Using small synthetic organoids for research is not a novel concept -- but the "mini-brains" developed in Wenzel's lab are unique.
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