git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoNot alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testingwww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkNot alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testingwww.science.orggit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square89fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareGenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 months ago Car adds that because the brains lack electrical activity, they may not indicate whether a drug will cause seizures, although the company plans to eventually remove the anesthesia from some brain slices. Car says other models can fill in the gaps. that’s nice
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoListen if you cant experiment on a post morten “Brain slice” with no electrical activity you just can’t touch neurons period.
that’s nice
Listen if you cant experiment on a post morten “Brain slice” with no electrical activity you just can’t touch neurons period.