Organoids and neuron transplants give new ways to study the brain
But they also bring ethical concerns
STUDYING THE human brain is hard. Other animals’ brains provide clues. But they cannot reveal the special essence that makes human brains different. Nor, often, do they make good models for neurological conditions that affect human beings.
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