Because it CAN be done does not mean it SHOULD be done.
We humans have not yet developed a strong understanding of unintended consequences.
Human neurons can survive — and even develop — after being transplanted into newborn rats. But are they still rats?
Understanding the brain is one of the greatest goals of modern science. But parts of what we find out are more curious than we could have ever imagined. A new paper highlights one such discovery.
Researchers at the University of Stanford report that human neurons transplanted into newborn rats can grow and develop with the animal.
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