@Bowens bassicly you can grow any type of tissue mimicking a human organ, it’s been already done using stem cells and 3d cultures.
You can mimick brain tissue too
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It’s a very complex process and you could in theory create even a whole brain from scratch, even a human not just an infant which will grow in adult. That’s in the future.
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Thanks Crocodal. Looks like an interesting article. I just scanned it because I’m kind of tired right now but I will try to have a more in depth look once I have had some sleep.
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I specially @ you with a short summary 
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@everhopeful what do you think of this technology?
What about you @aziz
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I think its still too early to even start clinical trials on humans.
Maybe you need to replace the whole brain to treat sz with this.
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It’s all above my head, I’m afraid.
But if you replaced the whole brain, would you still be the same person?
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Nop, you basically killed yourself lol
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I think sz affects the whole brain, not only one part.
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I think this is more useful in diseases or injuries where there is major brain tissue loss.
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This isn’t about replacing. But about experimenting with the tissue, eg. How meds work on the receptors, how different receptors work and theyre role etc.
I must have summerized it bad, sorry.
To be more concise @everhopeful I was saying we can do the tissue replication. But the possibilities are huge. This technology was actually used to better understand risperidone binding to d2. It’s in its early stages thou. Like 10 years new max
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Maybe a genetic treatment is more feasible. There is already genetic treatments for certain disases.
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It might be an option. There are research with this regarding autism/zika virus infections/ and other mental illneses
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