Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square32fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-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@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareModern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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.