Scientists Warn Human ‘Mini-Brains’ Created From Stem Cells in Lab May Be Sentient, Able to Feel Pain
A cross-section of a cerebral organoid. Photograph: Madeline A Lancaster/IMBA/EPA Researchers are warning that neuroscientists may have crossed an “ethical rubicon” by growing lumps of human brain in a lab — and in some cases transplanting the tissue into animals — which may be sentient and able to feel pain. The small pea-sized “mini-brains” or brain…
