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Man-Made Brain Could Hold The Cure To Alzheimer's

 

Updated : Mar 27, 2009


Scientists are a step closer to finding a cure for diseases like Alzheimer's after creating an "artificial brain”.

Researchers at Aston University in Birmingham took cells from a cancerous tumour and "reprogrammed" them to create those identical to the human nervous system. Scientists say that the development could mean that a break-though in conditions such as dementia and Parkinson's Disease has been brought closer.

Prof Michael Coleman, who led the research, funded by the Humane Research Trust, which advocates alternatives to animal testing, said: "What we have developed is effectively an artificial brain capable of processing thought at the most basic level. It is incredibly exciting. It is closer to the human brain than anything else around. In the longer term we hope that our procedure can be used to help us understand how conditions such as Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases develop and ultimately find a cure and develop better drugs."

He added: "Cells have to be alive and operating efficiently to enable us to really understand how the brain works. What we've made is the most basic unit of the human brain. They're processing, they're connecting, they're communicating." To keep the cells alive, researchers feed them every two days by injecting them with nutrients and minerals.

Neil Hunt, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society, said: "It is still very early days, but in the future this interesting research could lead to a useful tool for investigating dementia.”

VeryHappyPig is amazed and delighted that this could help put an end to animal testing.

 

 

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