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I worked as a genetic engineer in human cell therapy: developmental biology doesn't really work that way. You can't just "decephalize" without causing massive
by alevskaya 6y ago
I worked as a genetic engineer in human cell therapy: developmental biology doesn't really work that way. You can't just "decephalize" without causing massive secondary effects in body development and maturation - the nervous system is very much a central part and organizer of animal development, and also centrally important in a lot of the physiology you want to test when doing drug trials! And good luck keeping decephalized animals alive long enough to harvest outside a sterile lab. You don't need to be an edgelord billionaire to make a difference, but you'd benefit by learning more biology.
- echelon 6y agoI don't have firsthand experience, but it seems like you could play with ectoderm development in conjunction with manual surgical techniques. Program the neural tube cells to die at a certain stage of development or when treated with certain media. I think keeping the body alive will pose a much greater problem than preventing the brain from developing.