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Re:Study finds a difference between neurons of humans and ot... by bell-cot on Sunday November 14, 2021 @05:47AM (#29216496)
Or the ion channel deficit was a side-effect of anti-seizure drugs often given to people with epilepsy, or a side-effect of having seizures, or ...

Presumably there is some "gotta be ultra-fresh" reason why they aren't taking just tissue from cadavers donated to medical schools. But this study sounds like it was pretty crappy science, even before the MIT press office folks got hold of it.

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Re:Study finds a difference between neurons of humans and ot... by disco_nap on Sunday November 14, 2021 @10:13AM (#29217611)
I think it should be obvious that you cannot study electrical excitability in dead, fixed cadaver tissue.

This is top-notch science, but might be hard for people to appreciate.

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