Wir haben das erste Genom im Jahr 1976 kartiert. Weniger als 30 Jahre später, im Jahr 2003, haben wir das erste menschliche Genom kartiert. Es ist immer noch teuer, aber mittlerweile ziemlich routinemäßig.
Wie lange dauert es, bis wir ein ganzes menschliches Gehirn kartieren können? Was wird es ermöglichen?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-03/scientists-map-fruit-fly-brain-in-neurobiological-milestone/104430502?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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An entire brain is a milestone, even if it’s as small as a fruit fly.
For comparison, the first genome sequenced was 3,586 nucleotides long. And a human genome has about 3.2 billion base pairs. So almost six orders of magnitude. I don’t know that this is directly comparable, but it shows we can get better at this stuff pretty quickly.
One drawback is they needed the whole brain to study. It’s not like drawing blood. So I think there’s going to be a bigger demand for brains left to science in the coming decades.
What do people think? How long before we can model a human brain like this? Would you donate your brain for mapping?
To destroy them? Once we map their brains can we use radio signals to wipe them out? I want them out of my fucking house. 😏