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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/25/1113611/ethically-sourced-spare-human-bodies-could-revolutionize-medicine/

Recent advances in biotechnology now provide a pathway to producing living human bodies without the neural components that allow us to think, be aware, or feel pain. Many will find this possibility disturbing, but if researchers and policymakers can find a way to pull these technologies together, we may one day be able to create “spare” bodies, both human and nonhuman.

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I remember when I was very unemployed multiple people recommended I do medical experiments for extra cash. Unfortunately, most medical experiments required I wasn't taking other medication, which was true of pretty much every other unemployed person I knew.

Why not work on poor people's health to the point where they don't need meds and then use them for experiments? Or something