Oct 16 2019SaveAnimals10/16/19Animals10/16/19Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains to Study What Makes Us HumanRyan F. Mandelbaum9SaveResearchers are growing human, ape, and monkey brain tissue in the lab in order to understand what makes us…
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