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Dinky is the Brain
FromWe Have Concerns
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Nov 14, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Scientists can grow miniature versions of human brains — called organoids — in the lab, but during the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience two teams of scientists presented previously unpublished research on how these human mini-brains can grow inside other animals. Namely, rats. Jeff and Anthony discuss the idea of rats with human brains and what that might mean for the ethics of science.
Released:
Nov 14, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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