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Federico Gustavo Pizzetti

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Human cerebral organoids as a new legal and ethical challenge.

Journal of law and the biosciences 2020 Andrea Lavazza, Federico Gustavo Pizzetti

Human cerebral organoids (HCOs) are miniature brains cultivated in a dish using pluripotent human cells that, thanks to advanced technologies, tend to reproduce the development path of the brain of an embryo in the mother's uterus. Recent data from studies carried out in different laboratories have indicated that HCOs show complex electrical activity, are receptive to light stimuli, and can...