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submitted 1 year ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/science@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15769515

Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months later

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[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 year ago

Just don't freeze people in prison as punishment, ok? I've seen how that goes. Before you know it, we've got Stallone knitting things.

And did you see what happened to sex? And pooping? And burgers?

[-] PrimeErective@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago

Hey everyone, this guy doesn't know how to use the 3 seashells!

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Perfectly?

I guess we understand more about the brain than I thought. 🤔

[-] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Perfectly to what end? Is this a teaser for season two of "three body problem"?

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 16 points 1 year ago
[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Disney is dead. You'd have to freeze the brain with the chemical described in the paper protecting the tissue, otherwise tissues become mush when thawed.

[-] Naboo_calls_for_aid@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

breathes sigh of relief

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

It was a joke

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Very interesting result but it's sad reading about having a 9 month old baby's brain tissue being cut up into 2-3mm chunks. I didn't know that brain tissue extraction was used to treat seizures. With the retraction of some papers in China due to ethics of samples being taken from unwilling minority groups I was hoping to see a bit more about where the samples came from in the paper.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

So are we going to turn dead peoples brains into wetware?

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Fallout explored this concept with Robobrains. They were more powerful / useful than the comparatively primitive computer systems of the time.

[-] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Feels like a business opportunity to me

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

If only the rest of us did

[-] UmeU@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Works so well that it is currently the republican front runner for the presidency badum boom

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