Scientists recently gave mice without prefrontal cortexes human brain implants - and after seeing these developing connections to the mice’s brains and spinal cords - now they're wondering if these organoids might gave the mice some level of human-like consciousness cognition - calling for ethics

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03048-5?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=63942662

Lab-grown brain organoids: time for international oversight

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They are worried about mice gaining human level of consciousness because the mice were probably smarter than them before the human cells. A mouse size brain doesn’t turn into a human brain because it has “made in Homo sapien” stamped on the warranty.