Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months laternewatlas.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml schizoidman ( @schizoidman@lemmy.ml ) Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish • 4 months ago message-square11fedilinkarrow-up137
arrow-up137external-linkFrozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months laternewatlas.com schizoidman ( @schizoidman@lemmy.ml ) Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish • 4 months ago message-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
minus-square krnl386 ( @krnl386@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoI’d take “works perfectly” with a grain of salt. “Doesn’t die and continues to grow after thawing” is more accurate, IMHO.
minus-square CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-24 months agoAlso, it’s China, so higher than normal chance they made it the fuck up. Research ethics is a bit of a problem in the region. That being said, it’s not a surprising result. Usually small pieces of tissue can be frozen without problem.
I’d take “works perfectly” with a grain of salt. “Doesn’t die and continues to grow after thawing” is more accurate, IMHO.
Also, it’s China, so higher than normal chance they made it the fuck up. Research ethics is a bit of a problem in the region.
That being said, it’s not a surprising result. Usually small pieces of tissue can be frozen without problem.