{"id":10193,"date":"2019-10-03T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193"},"modified":"2020-08-03T15:17:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T22:17:33","slug":"rodents-with-part-human-brains-pose-a-new-challenge-for-bioethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193","title":{"rendered":"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gizmodo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">George Dvorsky<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Rapid progress in research involving miniature human brains grown in a dish has led to a host of ethical concerns, particularly when these human brain cells are transplanted into nonhuman animals. A new paper evaluates the potential risks of creating \u201chumanized\u201d animals, while providing a pathway for scientists to move forward in this important area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neuroscientist Isaac Chen from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, along with his colleagues, has written a timely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-stem-cell\/fulltext\/S1934-5909(19)30387-X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perspective paper<\/a> published today in the science journal Cell Stem Cell. The paper was prompted by recent breakthroughs involving the transplantation of human brain organoids into rodents\u2014a practice that\u2019s led to concerns about the \u201chumanization\u201d of lab animals.  . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/rodents-with-part-human-brains-pose-a-new-challenge-for-1838741492\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gizmodo George Dvorsky Rapid progress in research involving miniature human brains grown in a dish has led to a host of ethical concerns, particularly when these human brain cells are transplanted into nonhuman animals. A new paper evaluates the potential risks of creating \u201chumanized\u201d animals, while providing a pathway for scientists to move forward in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,3956,9],"tags":[3680,3957],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethical-commentary","category-inter-species-experimentation","category-news","tag-chimeras","tag-isaac-chen"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gizmodo George Dvorsky Rapid progress in research involving miniature human brains grown in a dish has led to a host of ethical concerns, particularly when these human brain cells are transplanted into nonhuman animals. A new paper evaluates the potential risks of creating \u201chumanized\u201d animals, while providing a pathway for scientists to move forward in &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics&quot;\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-03T21:19:00+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-03T22:17:33+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Project Administrator\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Project Administrator\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Project Administrator\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8634801dcca60ff6362f6b1bb2d778fa\"},\"headline\":\"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-03T21:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-03T22:17:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193\"},\"wordCount\":132,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"chimeras\",\"Isaac chen\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ethical Commentary\",\"Inter-species experimentation\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193\",\"name\":\"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics - Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-03T21:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-03T22:17:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=10193#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"description\":\"Service, not Servitude\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ConscienceProject\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/consciencepro\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/consciencepro\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8634801dcca60ff6362f6b1bb2d778fa\",\"name\":\"Project Administrator\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.consciencelaws.org\"]}]}<\/script>\r\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics - Protection of Conscience Project News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics - Protection of Conscience Project News","og_description":"Gizmodo George Dvorsky Rapid progress in research involving miniature human brains grown in a dish has led to a host of ethical concerns, particularly when these human brain cells are transplanted into nonhuman animals. A new paper evaluates the potential risks of creating \u201chumanized\u201d animals, while providing a pathway for scientists to move forward in &hellip; Continue reading \"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics\"","og_url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193","og_site_name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","article_published_time":"2019-10-03T21:19:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-08-03T22:17:33+00:00","author":"Project Administrator","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@consciencepro","twitter_site":"@consciencepro","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Project Administrator","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193"},"author":{"name":"Project Administrator","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8634801dcca60ff6362f6b1bb2d778fa"},"headline":"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics","datePublished":"2019-10-03T21:19:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-03T22:17:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193"},"wordCount":132,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["chimeras","Isaac chen"],"articleSection":["Ethical Commentary","Inter-species experimentation","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193","name":"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics - Protection of Conscience Project News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-10-03T21:19:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-03T22:17:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10193#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","description":"Service, not Servitude","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization","name":"Protection of Conscience Project","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Protection of Conscience Project"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","https:\/\/x.com\/consciencepro","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/consciencepro"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/person\/8634801dcca60ff6362f6b1bb2d778fa","name":"Project Administrator","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10193"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10203,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10193\/revisions\/10203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10193"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=10193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}