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Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield

25 April 2018

The increasing ability to create mini human brains in labs or integrate human cells into animal brains is rightly provoking worries about their use, says Alex Pearlman

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Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield

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