Audio long read: Hybrid brains – the ethics of transplanting human neurons into animals
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Transplant Human Organoids Into Mouse Brains
Neuro scientists have begun to transplant organoids into an animal's brain. The aim is to more closely model the complexity of human brain circuits and how they go awry in disease. Neuro scientist rusty gages group at the sulk institute for biological studies in lahoya has succeeded in transplanting human organoids into mouse brains. Gage says, one day, he says, this research could lead to personalized organoid transplants that replace diseased or injured brain tissue.
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