Can I Grow a New Brain?
Um, no. But you can get spare parts. Which leads us to the Talmudic question:
"Is it better to be a brain donor or recipient?" Whole-brain transplants
would be fiendishly complex. What you are likely to see in the next few years
are transfusions of gray matter, injections of stem cells to cure afflictions
like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. In this case, it's better to receive than
to give. read the full story
Scientists are expected to be able to create artificial brains, by what year, according to the British Telecommunications Research
Laboratories?
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Will we be able to replace entire brains?
web resources
Neurosurgery://On Call
Resources for patients and physicians as well as up-to-date news on
neurosurgery
Brainnet
Literature and news on brain disorders and the "Decade of the Brain," from
the alliance of the National Foundation for Brain Research, the National
Association for Clinical NeuroServices and the National Coalition for
Research in Neurological Disorders
Neuroguide
A searchable database of neuroscience resources on the Internet
