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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 6 months ago

Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing

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Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seBM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 6 months ago
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By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases

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  • screaming in digital@lemmy.ml
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    well… that was fucking horrific.

    • Headofthebored @lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Being an organ donor is looking pretty risky these days.

      • screaming in digital@lemmy.ml
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        exactly. I am looking at my license and getting real nervous. we are long overdue for a break from these “interesting times”.

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