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Researchers at Stanford University have transplanted human neurons into rat brains, seen them mature into hybridized brain circuits and then used them to influence the rodents’ behavior. The work marks an impressive step forward for neuroscience, and could see rat brains serve as living laboratories for the study of cognitive disorders.

 

“The researchers show that the human neurons, when activated, interfere with the rats’ behavior,” said Dr Jürgen Knoblich, Scientific Director Austria’s Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, who was not involved in the research. “The human cells functionally connect to the rat brain. This is the reason why the work is so outstanding.”

Pasca describes this as the most advanced human brain circuitry ever concocted from human skin cells, and says the platform is the first to offer behavioral readouts for human cells in this context. With the ability to control and observe the effects on the rats’ behavior, the technology opens up exciting new opportunities for the study of neuropsychiatric disorders.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/10/human-rat-brain-neuron.html

 

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Do they have to shut down their immune system in order to do so? 
 

I thought neurone tissue had microglia which are their own immune cells. 
 

poor rats

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3 hours ago, playboi said:

let’s try it on cardi fans next 

 

3 hours ago, GentleEarthquake said:

 

 

3 hours ago, G.U.Y. Gaga said:

I inject human cells into mice all the time 

 

3 hours ago, TheArgonaut said:

Poor rats. Inb4 they develop mental illness

 

3 hours ago, Illuminati said:

my oh my, that's kinda scary :thing: 

 

3 hours ago, polygon said:

Finally a win for the garbz

 

2 hours ago, PrettyHurts said:

I know a few people they did this with already :fan:

 

1 hour ago, Tropez said:

Maybe this is why god has abandoned us. 

 

1 hour ago, Shendelzare said:

some of them are on atrl already 

:mazen:

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The OP is a picture of my ex 

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37 minutes ago, Blankspace2010 said:

The OP is a picture of my ex 

 

10 minutes ago, arceus said:

JOANNE-TRATTORIA.png

 

PLEASE :rip:

OT: LEAVE RATS ALONE! Master Splinter is NOT happy. 

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ATRL member tease

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A rat is a rat

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Inb4 they evolve and we end up in a Shinsekai Yori type of world

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does this mean if they have a baby it'd be half human? :biblio: abort it fat

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9 minutes ago, May said:

does this mean if they have a baby it'd be half human? :biblio: abort it fat

Girl… no :skull:

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7 hours ago, sugarysunflower said:

Do they have to shut down their immune system in order to do so? 
 

I thought neurone tissue had microglia which are their own immune cells. 
 

poor rats

There are mice without a working immune system 

 

we use then all the time in the blood field 

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9 minutes ago, G.U.Y. Gaga said:

There are mice without a working immune system 

 

we use then all the time in the blood field 

Out of interest, are they knockout mice, or naturally occurring (nude mice)? Just wondering where nude mice evolved from. 

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