Arthur Besse to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 days agoEthically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine - Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.www.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down111
arrow-up1205arrow-down1external-linkEthically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine - Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.www.technologyreview.comArthur Besse to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-square@Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•6 days agoOddly, without the neural component it would be worthless for nearly all drug testing. And since they don’t really understand how things like the gut are almost like a second brain, the lack of a neural component will really hamper most things.
minus-squareMaevelinkfedilink1•3 days agoNot to mention spontaneous sentience. We’re so smart we’re dumber than dirt.
Oddly, without the neural component it would be worthless for nearly all drug testing. And since they don’t really understand how things like the gut are almost like a second brain, the lack of a neural component will really hamper most things.
Not to mention spontaneous sentience. We’re so smart we’re dumber than dirt.