Nature Podcast cover image

Audio long read: Hybrid brains – the ethics of transplanting human neurons into animals

Nature Podcast

CHAPTER

Introduction

In a lab in london, students and researchers watch human brain cells settle into their new home. It is one of just a handful of labs able to study human nural cells at work in a live, developing brain. Proponents say such systems are necessary to manipulate live human nurons; others warn they could blur the line between humans and other animals.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner