Posted on Jun 26, 2024
Lab-grown 'minibrains' may have just confirmed a leading theory about autism
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Scientists may have confirmed a theory about the origins of autism by creating miniature, 3D replicas of human brains.
These tiny brains, derived from the stem cells of toddlers, were grown to show what the childrens' brains would have looked like as they developed in the womb.
In the new study, published May 25 in the journal Molecular Autism, scientists drew stem cells from the blood of 10 toddlers with autism and six toddlers without the disorder. At the time, the kids were between 1 and 2 years old. Using growth-inducing chemicals, the researchers grew "minibrains," or brain organoids, from these stem cells in the lab. As they grew, the organoids accurately captured key aspects of how the human brain develops and functions in the womb.
These tiny brains, derived from the stem cells of toddlers, were grown to show what the childrens' brains would have looked like as they developed in the womb.
In the new study, published May 25 in the journal Molecular Autism, scientists drew stem cells from the blood of 10 toddlers with autism and six toddlers without the disorder. At the time, the kids were between 1 and 2 years old. Using growth-inducing chemicals, the researchers grew "minibrains," or brain organoids, from these stem cells in the lab. As they grew, the organoids accurately captured key aspects of how the human brain develops and functions in the womb.
Lab-grown 'minibrains' may have just confirmed a leading theory about autism
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Maybe some day they will figure out how to grow a portion of a person's brain that has had a TBI and replace it, who knows what they may come up with next.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
That is probably already being looked at...I hope! Some smart kid out there is probably already "Nerding" out over the article and then deciding to make it their Life's work. I think that Elon Musk's neurolink, is a step in that direction, but using technology and not biology. I wish all our Warriors could be returned whole and healthy.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Perhaps Soon Than We'd Imagined.
With The New AI , It Could Be "Tomorrow".
AI Works In An Exponential Manner....
1 + 1 = 6 million
With The New AI , It Could Be "Tomorrow".
AI Works In An Exponential Manner....
1 + 1 = 6 million
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This is something that a psychiatrist I met while serving speculated about almost 30 years ago. He said that he believed while most toddlers brains "trimmed" extraneous brain cells, autistic brains did not.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
I was the second oldest person in my State to be Formally Diagnosed with Autism. I am glad I found out, but also happy I didn't know when I was a kid. I was just different, and that was bad enough. For me, the big difference between you Neurotypical Types, and myself, is that I pay attention to different things. You go in a meeting and have an agenda, I go in a meeting and notice the green walls, look like Lilly pads, and ponds support frogs, which are amphibians, and how they differ from reptiles, and by then you think I am not paying attention. LOL
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
SGT Kevin Hughes - ...
I Agree, Kevin;
There ARE Times When Knowledge Is Detrimental, Rather Than Beneficial To The Individual.. That's The case With A Person I've Known For Awhile.....The Schools Told Her Parents "She Needs To Be Placed In Special Ed Classes".... And They Never Asked Questions Or Got a 2nd Opinion ~~ Didn't Do A Thing To Verify The (Mis)-Diagnosis. And She Believed What She Was told... Totally Fa-Cupped Her Entire Life ~~ She's Currently In Her Mid 60's, Never Married Nor Even Had A Serious Relationship.... And, Quite Honestly "Smarter Than All Hell"... HOW This Was Never Discovered, Amazes Me And Really Pizzes Me Off. I See NO Excuses ~ 100 % Error.....
OH ~~ She Was FIRST Placed In A Special Ed Math Class Because~~ READY?.. She Was Having An Unusually Difficult Time Converting Fractions To Decimals. WTF ~ Sumbitches!
I Agree, Kevin;
There ARE Times When Knowledge Is Detrimental, Rather Than Beneficial To The Individual.. That's The case With A Person I've Known For Awhile.....The Schools Told Her Parents "She Needs To Be Placed In Special Ed Classes".... And They Never Asked Questions Or Got a 2nd Opinion ~~ Didn't Do A Thing To Verify The (Mis)-Diagnosis. And She Believed What She Was told... Totally Fa-Cupped Her Entire Life ~~ She's Currently In Her Mid 60's, Never Married Nor Even Had A Serious Relationship.... And, Quite Honestly "Smarter Than All Hell"... HOW This Was Never Discovered, Amazes Me And Really Pizzes Me Off. I See NO Excuses ~ 100 % Error.....
OH ~~ She Was FIRST Placed In A Special Ed Math Class Because~~ READY?.. She Was Having An Unusually Difficult Time Converting Fractions To Decimals. WTF ~ Sumbitches!
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Back when I was studying my Neuroscience Courses they had just started working on these "mini brains" in a broth. They are just clumps of brain matter. And I wondered if they were conscious. they have no input from the outside world, No sensory apparatus. So would they just learn to think, out of boredom? And could you then construct a three pound brain (what our brains weigh approx) that is nothing but grey matter - no need for the housekeeping stuff in the body, just pure mind.
And I am autistic...so I guess my brain did grow to fast, because it left me behind in some areas.
And I am autistic...so I guess my brain did grow to fast, because it left me behind in some areas.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Not Being Sure Of What You Mean By :"And I am autistic...so I guess my brain did grow to fast, because it left me behind in some areas". The "SOME" Areas.
I Did Lousy In Schools In The States, Most Likely Out Of Pure Boredom, Which Caused Me To Not Give A Crap, Therefore Bad Grades Followed My Attitude. ~~ THIS, Yer Gonna Love...I Was Sent To The Principals Office So Often, He And I Became Friends & Remained In Contact During The Years When I Lived In Central America ~ Inadvertently Regained Our Relationship When I Discovered We Were Living In The Same Neighborhood, In Lansing, MI... 3 Blocks From My House & In Between The Home Of Magic Johnson's Parents...
However, In Panama The Education Was So Superior To Ours, I Attended The 9th Grade TWICE ~ Failed TWICE ~ Quit ONCE. ~~ But I Loved The Programs And Only Missed 1 Day In 2 Years; SO, I Feel Relatives Certain, Boredom May Have Played A Part In You Situation As Well....Upon My Enlistment, And Once I Studied Subject In Which I Was Interested, I Excelled Quite Well ~Had Fun, Enjoyed The Studies & Got A Great JOB, By Lying My Butt Off : I Told FMC I Was A College Grad With A Masters In Business Administration But With ONLY a 3.4 GPA....Ya Can't Spread The Bull Sh*t Too Thick
I Did Lousy In Schools In The States, Most Likely Out Of Pure Boredom, Which Caused Me To Not Give A Crap, Therefore Bad Grades Followed My Attitude. ~~ THIS, Yer Gonna Love...I Was Sent To The Principals Office So Often, He And I Became Friends & Remained In Contact During The Years When I Lived In Central America ~ Inadvertently Regained Our Relationship When I Discovered We Were Living In The Same Neighborhood, In Lansing, MI... 3 Blocks From My House & In Between The Home Of Magic Johnson's Parents...
However, In Panama The Education Was So Superior To Ours, I Attended The 9th Grade TWICE ~ Failed TWICE ~ Quit ONCE. ~~ But I Loved The Programs And Only Missed 1 Day In 2 Years; SO, I Feel Relatives Certain, Boredom May Have Played A Part In You Situation As Well....Upon My Enlistment, And Once I Studied Subject In Which I Was Interested, I Excelled Quite Well ~Had Fun, Enjoyed The Studies & Got A Great JOB, By Lying My Butt Off : I Told FMC I Was A College Grad With A Masters In Business Administration But With ONLY a 3.4 GPA....Ya Can't Spread The Bull Sh*t Too Thick
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SGT Kevin Hughes
A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney - Yeah, I got tired of people telling me I had to have a Degree ...I couldn't get one because I either got an A...or an F, never in the middle. So like you, I fabricated a story... I was MENSA. But then they wanted to see a certificate...so I took the test. Yep. MENSA. But then I read a quote from Einstein that people who brag about their IQ's weren't in a good place. So I stopped listening to people telling me I needed some piece of paper to prove I was smart. I wasn't learning for them anyway...I was learning for me.
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