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The part about the experimental surgery with transplanted brain cells helping restore motor function is quite something. Nothing more to add than a wow that wor
by ghotli 2y ago
The part about the experimental surgery with transplanted brain cells helping restore motor function is quite something. Nothing more to add than a wow that worked, huh.
- ggm 2y agoThis, and other surgery is probably the origins of a classically distasteful eric cartman scene from SouthPark
- wiradikusuma 2y agoHow does it work, actually? Literally carve a hole, grab a chunk with your hand from the source brain, and chunk it inside the hole and pray? I mean, how does the "wiring" work?
- alan-hn 2y agoNeurons usually handle that automatically. They are able to detect chemical signal and send out projections being axons or dendrites on their own
- permo-w 2y agoI was surprised with the lengths that doctors went to for the named patients in this article. for the first guy a new drug was synthesised specifically for him and for the others they had experimental surgery in Sweden. do we have the same level of care for the negative effects of drug addiction nowadays or were these just rich people?
- Aerroon 2y agoIt could also be the doctors seeing an opportunity to write a paper, learn or to get renown. If this is shown to work on more cases then their name will be forever attached to the "first to use X to treat Y".
- anal_reactor 2y agoMoreover, a druggie with fucked up brain will agree to any experimental treatment, and even if something goes horribly wrong, nobody will investigate, because it's impossible to prove that the side effects came from your treatment, not from the patient's drug habit
- spacemanspiff01 2y agoAlso to be fair, many people would prefer death compared to being what seems to be almost paralyzed. If there is an experiment that has only 5 % chance of success, many will take it.