当下,全球仅有大约30名科学家正在研究人工培养肉;他们一致认为,人工培养肉上市还需要一段时间。虽然有非传统型渠道为这项研究提供资金,但研究经费不足仍是人造肉实现商业化的最大障碍(当然,“令人恶心”也是另一个显而易见的障碍)。荷兰的一位科学家获得了30万欧元的匿名捐赠,用于生产实验室汉堡。另外,善待动物组织(PETA)将出资100万美元,用于资助能在2017年6月前生产和销售人工培养鸡肉的科学家
—Beth Kowitt
——贝斯·考维特
Medicine
医学
A map of the brain leads to cures
大脑成像技术开辟医疗新境界
The key to curing many diseases may come only when scientists fully understand the human brain, a complex machine that hasn't been completely investigated.
许多疾病要想治愈,或许要等到科学家完全了解了人类大脑之后才有可能。但目前这个“复杂的机器”仍存在诸多未解之谜。
Scientists will spend the next decade trying to map the mind, zooming in on single neurons (the brain has billions) to study each one's genetic information, shape, and electrical signals. Using tiny robotic tools such as an "auto patcher" — developed by MIT's Edward Boyden and Georgia Tech's Craig Forest — researchers will be able to turn off individual cells and plot patterns with its neighbors. The robot can check neurons much faster than humans, who need extensive training to do the process manually.
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