Research team say tiny brain could be used to test drugs and study diseases, but scientific peers urge caution as data on breakthrough kept under wraps
An almost fully-formed human brain has been grown in a lab for the first time, claim scientists from Ohio State University. The team behind the feat hope the brain could transform our understanding of neurological disease.
Though not conscious the miniature brain, which resembles that of a five-week-old foetus, could potentially be useful for scientists who want to study the progression of developmental diseases. It could also be used to test drugs for conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, since the regions they affect are in place during an early stage of brain development.
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5 comments:
I cant help but wonder what part Planned Parenthood played in this venture.
As the morals of our country continue their downward spin into the toilet how much longer will it take to just have live fetuses to do their oh so wonderful research to (ironically) "save" human life.
Grow one for O.he doesn't have one of his own.
now we're growing brains
How do they know it isn't conscious?
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