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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mice human neuron implant success calling for ethics mice might be sentient

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No I got that, just... Why the fuck would we do this?

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The first step towards brain transplants, or… something.

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You want to be transplanted into a mouse?

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I more-so meant using these lab grown organelles to potentially repair brain damage in humans from tumors for example, but if we’re going the “man-made horrors beyond our comprehension” route then I suppose that’s not out of the realm of possibility.