• stoly@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Even if they did, under what principle would they turn into neurons, organize and form connections?

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      And who’s to say (again, not an expert on autism) that additional connections would override existing bad connections or not make more bad connections? My son has congenital heart disease and I’m under no delusion that pumping him with stem cells would suddenly correct an organ that wasn’t properly formed at birth.