Mini-brains may already be sentient and suffering, scientists warn on October 29, 2019Neuroscientists are “perilously close” to crossing serious ethical lines by experimenting with mini-brains that might be complex enough to feel pain. In fact, experiments with mini-brains (also called organoids) might have already crossed those lines. “If there’s even a possibility of the organoid being sentient, we could be crossing that line,” Elan Ohayon, the director of the […]