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Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing
Science – AAASMay 20, 20263 min readReliability 98%
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Science – AAAS — https://www.science.org/content/article/not-alive-not-dead-disembodied-human-brains-used-drug-testingPublished: 2026-05-20T11:40:00.000Z |Analyzed by Abgrat AI: 2026-05-21