Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing (opens in new tab)

Covered by 6 sources including thoughtshrapnel.com, Boing BoingDiscussed on Hacker News, r/interestingasfuck, and r/news

By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases

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Covered in 6 articles

thoughtshrapnel.com·

Drug testing on brains hovering between life and death

Boing Boing·

The brain-in-a-bucket drug lab is here

Futurism·

Startup Testing Drugs on Freshly Extracted Human Brains That Are Kept On Life Support

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