Braiiiiinnzzzz
I am not making this up…
Florida researchers have shown ordinary human brain cells may share the prized qualities of self-renewal and adaptability normally associated with stem cells. Writing online in Development, scientists from the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute describe how they used mature human brain cells taken from epilepsy patients to generate new brain tissue in mice.
Let me get this straight… my evil genius twin is taking brain bits out of people and planting them into mice? GENIUS! World Domination is imminent!