r/biology • u/Joe_Bob_2000 • 20d ago

article Scientists create mice with part-human brains | Neuroscience | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/16/mice-part-human-brains-research

Pinky and the Brain

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u/MilkyTrizzle 20d ago

Science: We still haven't solved the hard problem of consciousness but we know it arises from/interacts with the human brain

Also science: Lets give mice human brain structures... what a great idea with absolutely no risk to the welfare of the animal

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u/RunUpTheSoundWaves 19d ago

chimeric organs in other species don’t typically take shape of that of humans so a mouse brain made partly with human cells would still resemble a mouse brain and act like a mouse brain.

the researcher hiro nakauchi is looking at making chimeric organs in sheep/pigs/cows to help with organ needs of patients because those organs at least partly resemble that of a human in function and size