A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains - eviltoast

A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains::The experiment to treat Parkinson’s is a critical early test of stem cells’ potential to tackle serious disease.

  • T156@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    …What?

    Your brain is already full of those things. Them not working properly is partly how things like Parkinson’s and ADHD come about. Going by the article, while there was noticeable improvement in Parkinson’s symptoms, it also wasn’t a complete cure, and the patient didn’t have a massive seizure, so it’s not as though they’re flooding their brains with grams upon grams of the stuff.

    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I meant more like nanobots. Why are people taking the dumb dialogue bit my half awake brain thought too seriously . Isn’t “read it as if it was a drama show from the fifties” enough to understand it as over exaggeration.