Carl_The_Sagan t1_is5usv5 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 2:59 PM

Reply to comment by prototyperspective in Human brain cells transplanted into baby rats’ brains grow and form connections by Shelfrock77

The author doesn’t even address any ethics questions it’s quite odd

jsalsman t1_is5xtlp wrote on October 13, 2022 at 3:19 PM

The independent ethics review panel process is generally good and certainly better than prior approaches, but it hides the ethics discussion from the public. This is clearly one of the cases where laypeople and experts alike are obviously going to be interested in the ethics implications, so you're right it's odd and sad we don't get at least a short paragraph summary.

Carl_The_Sagan t1_is657ev wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:08 PM

To be a bit overstating, the ethics panel are generally just rubber stampers for the institution. Its mostly made out of researchers or those affiliated with who rarely deny anything, or maybe with some modifications. It's basically ethics washing, and I agree obscures stuff from the public.