Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
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Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
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Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#2This research is as terrific as it is terrifying. These are some terrific insights into the evolution of intelligence. I doubt that it was one gene alone that drove the whole thing, but as the article mentions, the ethical dilemmas already arise, and it's easy to see how scientifically valuable it would be to study the impact of the gene further by allowing the transgenic animals to be born. The ethical dilemmas cut both ways - research like this might be crucial to understanding Alzheimer's and other serious diseases. Complicated and difficult questions to be sure, but it's extraordinary and a testament to the power of science that we're even in a position to be asking those questions. Lets hope we answer them correctly.
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
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#4Hmm doesn’t seem credible. Everyone knows that brain size has no effect on intelligence.
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#5This is either going 28 Days Later or Planet of the Apes.
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#6Are they going to call him Caesar?
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#7Did anyone else think about "Planet of the Apes" after reading this?
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#8This research is as terrific as it is terrifying. These are some terrific insights into the evolution of intelligence. I doubt that it was one gene alone that drove the whole thing, but as the article mentions, the ethical dilemmas already arise, and it's easy to see how scientifically valuable it would be to study the impact of the gene further by allowing the transgenic animals to be born. The ethical dilemmas cut…
Isn’t that literally the plot of the Planet of the Apes remake?
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#9Hmm doesn’t seem credible. Everyone knows that brain size has no effect on intelligence.
Yea, I was talking to a fruit fly yesterday...
Wait no, that’s not accurate because while larger brains don’t inherently equate to more intelligence, there is a minimum size for any given level of intelligence. That said, this wasn’t a test of intelligence, just how cells grow in response to specific genetic alterations.
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#10These are the old news. I have read about this research several month ago.