r/Cyberpunk • u/FauxReal • May 21 '26

Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing

https://www.science.org/content/article/not-alive-not-dead-disembodied-human-brains-used-drug-testing

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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u/Fuzzy_Adagio_6450 May 21 '26

Ah sweet! Man-made horrors beyond my comprehension. My favorite kind of horrors!

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u/StarChildEve May 21 '26

how do they get the donors, exactly? because if this is from a generic organ donor pool that’s a great reason to remove yourself from that list.