These disembodied organs, sourced from recently deceased donors, are being employed to test experimental drugs aimed at neurodegenerative diseases. The work has ignited fresh debate: could these brains possess some form of consciousness?
The company's BrainEx system pumps synthetic blood through the brain's vascular network, delivering oxygen and nutrients while maintaining appropriate temperature and conditions.
This allows the brains to remain metabolically active for up to 24 hours or more, providing a realistic platform for observing how drugs interact with human neural tissue at a cellular and molecular level.
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