A group of geneticists under the leadership of Svante Paabo intends to grow the brain of the Neanderthal in the laboratory, according to Popular Mechanics.

Researchers intend to grow a brain organelle from stem cells, into the genome of which will be placed several genes of Neanderthals, influencing the development of the brain and the work of neurons.

The researchers intend to introduce several genes into DNA of the stem cells of Homo sapiens using the technology of editing the genome CRISPR and will direct these stem cells along the path of development of the brain cells - neurons. As a result, scientists will receive brain organoids - small clots of cells, very remotely resembling a fragment of the real brain.

Scientists intend to monitor how the Neanderthal organelles will behave in part:

will the genes affect the rate of cell growth and the formation of connections between them, the time of passage through the neurons of the signal.

"Based on the data available today, it is impossible to say that the fate of the Neanderthals has developed so sadly compared to the fate of our species due to differences in the work of the brain. But the idea of ??this is extremely tempting, "notes Paabo.

Earlier, scientists explained the victory of people over the Neanderthals.

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