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Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months later (newatlas.com)
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Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months later

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[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 47 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 18 points 11 months ago

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

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sex-pooping??? Yowza!

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

So that’s what the three seashells are for!

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

That's how they got NRS and UBT.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Perfectly?

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

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Disney must be excited

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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 11 months ago

breathes sigh of relief

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago

It was a joke

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

Feels like a business opportunity to me

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

Brain: "oof ouch owie ow"
Scientists: "works perfectly well!"

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

This Demolition Man reboot sucks.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

If only the rest of us did

[–] UmeU@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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