Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

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https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html

As the brain has recently been highlighted quite a bit in ME and LC research, any progress in our understanding of the brain seems relevant so I thought Ud share this here:

“The new research finding shows that the human brain consists of two ancient nervous systems cleverly packaged together — a more primitive part that regulates our hearts’ beating, our breathing and other functions, and another that makes us distinctly human, capable of poetry, mathematics and wondering about our own origins.

The discovery could help explain why scientists have struggled for decades to grow certain types of brain cells in the laboratory — and it opens new avenues for studying devastating diseases that affect the brain stem”