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

Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months later

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[–] Murdoc 46 points 10 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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

That's how they got NRS and UBT.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Perfectly?

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

breathes sigh of relief

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It was a joke

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Feels like a business opportunity to me

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

This Demolition Man reboot sucks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

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