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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 6 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 6 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 18 points 6 months ago

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

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sex-pooping??? Yowza!

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

So that’s what the three seashells are for!

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

That's how they got NRS and UBT.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Perfectly?

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

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Disney must be excited

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 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 6 months ago

breathes sigh of relief

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 2 points 6 months ago

It was a joke

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 6 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 6 months ago

Feels like a business opportunity to me

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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 6 months ago

This Demolition Man reboot sucks.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 6 months ago

If only the rest of us did

[–] UmeU@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

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