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Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids': Scientists have devised a new way to incorporate human brain tissue into living mice, opening the door to new research.
Insane headline. Is it as insane as what it suggests? Are the two separate types of brain matter actually able to work with each other, or is it just as a way to see how it reacts within the body to various stimuli?
Theres a sci fi plot here that ends up with uplifted rats who dont take kindly to human BS.
And its almost as plausible as the Planet of the Apes prequels, as rodents are also Euarchontaglires. To be fair, however, two points against this would be:
Other apes share a gene critical to human intelligence (which requires other genes to really manifest) which only appeared about 14 to 15 million years ago...which is well after our split from Glires
I'm not sure what type of brain tissue they're incorporating or if the body would even avoid rejecting it successfully in all cases or in situations in which introduce brain tissue would increase cognition. Not only that, I believe that brain structure and not only brain tissue affects what we consider to be intelligence
The structural aspect is important. Also, they didn't just throw a bunch of brain cells in there, but organoids. I think those are already structured clusters of neurons, and so they might not be prone to reorganize themselves to integrate well with the native mouse brain
But I really haven't kept up with any of this kind of stuff in the news, and so I might not be understanding the significance of the organoid thing very well.
CharlesWafflesx | 15 hours ago
Insane headline. Is it as insane as what it suggests? Are the two separate types of brain matter actually able to work with each other, or is it just as a way to see how it reacts within the body to various stimuli?
-DarknessFalls- | 15 hours ago
My first thought is that it could be used for more accurate testing of future meds/treatments meant for humans. For example, Alzheimer’s.
CharlesWafflesx | 15 hours ago
Yeah that was my imagining. The title just sounded sci fi asf
AlarmedSnek | 14 hours ago
That one isnt sci fi asf, but this one is.
gooniegugu | 13 hours ago
Fascinating.
AlarmedSnek | 13 hours ago
Yea I’m not really sure how I feel about it. I mean, I know it isn’t feeling pain but it’s feeling “something” to change course. It’s creepy haha
NuclearWasteland | 2 hours ago
Its entire, inescapable, existence is in a more complex organisms version of Hell.
Forever.
HopefulBackground448 | 15 hours ago
I've seen the cartoon!
Chao_Garden_Dreams | 15 hours ago
Combining the brains of mice and men?
What could go wrong
Super_Range45 | 15 hours ago
Pinkie and the Brain. ugh..
Unknown-Comic4894 | 15 hours ago
What are we going to do today Brain? 🧠
Puzzleheaded-Phase70 | 13 hours ago
The same thing we do every night, Pinky:
TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!
Salt_Palpitation6925 | 15 hours ago
Should have read "...opening the doors to more useless torture."
dandrevee | 15 hours ago
Theres a sci fi plot here that ends up with uplifted rats who dont take kindly to human BS.
And its almost as plausible as the Planet of the Apes prequels, as rodents are also Euarchontaglires. To be fair, however, two points against this would be:
Other apes share a gene critical to human intelligence (which requires other genes to really manifest) which only appeared about 14 to 15 million years ago...which is well after our split from Glires
I'm not sure what type of brain tissue they're incorporating or if the body would even avoid rejecting it successfully in all cases or in situations in which introduce brain tissue would increase cognition. Not only that, I believe that brain structure and not only brain tissue affects what we consider to be intelligence
Unique-Coffee5087 | 13 hours ago
The structural aspect is important. Also, they didn't just throw a bunch of brain cells in there, but organoids. I think those are already structured clusters of neurons, and so they might not be prone to reorganize themselves to integrate well with the native mouse brain
But I really haven't kept up with any of this kind of stuff in the news, and so I might not be understanding the significance of the organoid thing very well.
dandrevee | 8 hours ago
I appreciate the response regardless.
Every time i post in here, i get downvoted to hell for some reason, so this is a nice change of pace
Practical-Owl-9358 | 7 hours ago
Animaniacs did it first.
SteakandTrach | 10 hours ago
Pigoons incoming.
billbillybillbilly | 7 hours ago
Everyday reminds me more and more of Oryx and Crake
Accomplished-Fix3401 | 7 hours ago
Had no idea the rats of nimh was actually a documentary
Hugostrang3 | 6 hours ago
Yes, Master Splinter?
Mindless0ne | 5 hours ago
giving them human brain tissue? - just see if they don't start experiments of their own, or my name isn't Slartibartfast.
AdorableExchange9746 | 12 hours ago
that seems like a very bad idea
0impulsecontrol | 9 hours ago
why
edit: oh, vibes, gotchya
DevilsInkpot | 14 hours ago
Honey, I shrank the (authors) brain 🧠 🫣
Necessary-Camp149 | 14 hours ago
Yay! The island of Dr. Moreau can be real!
Lapidariest | 6 hours ago
So long and thanks for all the fish, suckers..
HappyGoElephant | 4 hours ago
So, its the rats of nihm?
ChironXII | 3 hours ago
Ah, manmade horrors just barely within my comprehension
Extension-Report-491 | 14 hours ago
We should totally do this with Gorillas...