The event of mind chimaeras – made up of human and animal neurons – is an space of analysis that has vastly expanded up to now 5 years. Proponents say that these programs are yielding necessary insights into well being and illness, however others say the chimeras signify an moral gray zone, due to the potential to blur the road between people and different animals, or to recapitulate human-like cognition in an animal.
That is an audio model of our Function: Hybrid brains: the ethics of transplanting human neurons into animals
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