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human brain cells were grown in a dish and given genes for Alzheimer’s disease.
within weeks there were plaques, the defining features of Alzheimer’s disease. it should have a big effect on research. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/science/res...ells-in-a-petri-dish.html |
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alver
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it should have a big effect on research. It certainly should. I'm only a software guy, but 'replicating the problem' is sometimes half the battle - at least now they've got a good 'test platform' to see what works and what doesn't. Let's hope something good comes of it - it's an awful disease.  (previously known as 'proxima' on SETI, UD, distributed folding, FaD, and Rosetta) |
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yes, the interesting part is that they can now use "experimental drugs" like the ones produced by crunching here. no human will be at risk.
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