Medical Are Mice with Human Brain Cells Ethically Acceptable?

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Start date Dec 13, 2005
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Scientists in California have successfully injected human embryonic stem cells into the brains of fetal mice, resulting in living mice that contain functioning human brain cells. This groundbreaking research opens new avenues for understanding human brain development and potential treatments for neurological diseases. The findings are significant enough to warrant inclusion in the M&B journal readings, highlighting their importance in the field of biomedical research.

Dec 13, 2005

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By injecting human embryonic stem cells into the brains of fetal mice inside the womb, scientists in California have created living mice with working human brain cells inside their skulls.[continued]

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/health/s_403491.html

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COOL, heh that should be the first article of the M&B journal readings.

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