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This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little

  • The US government has hired Jean Hébert, a researcher who believes in defeating aging by replacing body parts, including the brain.
  • Hébert's work focuses on 'functional brain tissue replacement,' adding youthful tissue to aging brains.
  • He proposes a $110 million project to prove his ideas in animals, with potential applications for treating neurodegenerative diseases.
  • Hébert's radical ideas include using non-sentient human clones for body transplants, though these concepts are controversial.
  • Despite skepticism, Hébert's new role at ARPA-H gives him a significant budget to explore these groundbreaking ideas.

Source: MIT Technology Review

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