Scientists keep Pig Brain alive for 36 hrs.

[Quid est Veritas?]

Pig brains kept alive without a body

This reminds me of That Hideous Strength of CS Lewis. Trying to keep the Saracen's Head alive to somehow use that mind for the 'betterment of man'. I fear much the same outcome may come of it.

Trying to keep a human brain alive, which is the ultimate goal, has many implications as to consciousness or potential survival of the individual. Personally, I think any such survival would be minimal at best. They kept the tissue alive, but how on earth could they determine if function was the same in vivo? How much damage or change would occur to do so, when we don't really know much of the functioning now? Any claim to having a semblance of normality needs to be seriously doubted. The brain constantly reacts to stimuli from the body, not just sensory, but hormonal and pH etc. Ethically, it only matters if you ascribe to Materialism, though perhaps cruel I think, although this would skate close to desecration of the dead in that case.

 

[Goonie]

Pig brains kept alive without a body

This reminds me of That Hideous Strength of CS Lewis. Trying to keep the Saracen's Head alive to somehow use that mind for the 'betterment of man'. I fear much the same outcome may come of it.

Trying to keep a human brain alive, which is the ultimate goal, has many implications as to consciousness or potential survival of the individual. Personally, I think any such survival would be minimal at best. They kept the tissue alive, but how on earth could they determine if function was the same in vivo? How much damage or change would occur to do so, when we don't really know much of the functioning now? Any claim to having a semblance of normality needs to be seriously doubted. The brain constantly reacts to stimuli from the body, not just sensory, but hormonal and pH etc. Ethically, it only matters if you ascribe to Materialism, though perhaps cruel I think, although this would skate close to desecration of the dead in that case.

Reminds me of this
Growing brains in labs: why it's time for an ethical debate

 

[Heavenhome]

I think its way beyond what is ethical and shudder to think what is going on that we don't know about

 

[Moral Orel]

Next step:

 

[Nithavela]

Science ever marches onward.

 

[Tanj]

They kept the tissue alive, but how on earth could they determine if function was the same in vivo?

Where did they claim it was?

Any claim to having a semblance of normality needs to be seriously doubted

Anyone actually made the claim?

Ethically, it only matters if you ascribe to Materialism

What's the alternative, that pigs have souls?

 

[Radagast]

Pig brains kept alive without a body

This reminds me of That Hideous Strength of CS Lewis.

You know, that's exactly what I thought of.

And the body of the article is even scarier: "If this could be repeated with human brains, researchers would be able to use them to test out new treatments for neurological disorders."

Conveniently, a disembodied brain cannot scream.

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

Where did they claim it was?



Anyone actually made the claim?

From the article:
"As a result the researchers were reportedly able to keep the cells in the brain alive and capable of normal activity for as long as 36 hours."

Normal activity is quite an unequivocal claim.

What's the alternative, that pigs have souls?

This, of course, refers to the applicability in humans. The research was conducted after all, so some ethics body did not consider it unethical torture as such.

 

[dysert]