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Human brain cells implanted in rats offer research gold mine

The Hindu | 14/10/2022 09:53 PM | Click to read full article

Scientists have successfully implanted and integrated human brain cells into newborn rats, creating a new way to study complex psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism, and perhaps eventually test treatments.

Studying how these conditions develop is incredibly difficult -- animals do not experience them like people, and humans cannot simply be opened up for research. 

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