Reconstructing brains: A biological impossibility?
Reconstructing brains: A biological impossibility?
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DOI：
10.1057/biosoc.2011.6
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发表时间：
2011-09-01
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1.6
通讯作者：
Price, Jack
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作者：
Price, Jack
受损脑组织的重建是期望的，因为脑损伤构成未满足的医疗需求的主要领域。在一些倡导者看来，细胞治疗方法将导致受损脑组织的重建，也将增强正常人的脑功能。虽然满足未满足的医疗需求似乎值得称赞，但一些人认为人类增强是一种威胁，但大脑重建是否可以实现？这篇文章认为，大脑中真正的再生医学的前景被大大夸大了。虽然目前的研究可能会导致临床进步，真正的重建进展非常有限。我认为，大脑重建可能被证明是生物学上真正不可能的一个例子。BioSocieties（2011）6，299-322. doi：10.1057/biosoc.2011.6
The reconstruction of damaged brain tissue is desirable because brain damage constitutes a major area of unmet medical need. In the view of some advocates, the cell therapy approaches that will lead to the reconstruction of damaged brain tissue will also enhance brain function in normal people. Although the meeting of unmet medical need appears laudable, human enhancement is viewed by some as a threat, but is brain reconstruction achievable whether desirable or not? This article argues that the prospects for true regenerative medicine in the brain are considerably exaggerated. Although current studies may lead to clinical advancement, progress on true reconstruction is very limited. I argue that brain reconstruction might prove to be an example of genuine biological impossibility. BioSocieties (2011) 6, 299-322. doi:10.1057/biosoc.2011.6