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The article sometimes makes it sound like this is a diagnostic tool but am I wrong in thinking it's a <i>reference</i> constructed from a small number of individuals?
Correct...<p>"Anchor is not a diagnostic tool. Instead, its greatest value lies in the questions it could help answer."<p>and<p>"Users can zoom from the whole brainstem seen on MRI down to individual neurons while maintaining their precise spatial relationships."<p>Thats pretty cool. The diagnosis/evaluation is still in the hands of another entity (doctor/scientist/AI assistant). More samples (via end of life donations) would help understanding, early diagnosis, and hopefully/eventually cures.
my understanding is that they took 3 specimens, aged 25 gestational weeks, 9 and 54 years old.. did “800 serial histological sections” and manually tagged them. But you can check out the information yourself here: <a href="https://anchor.humanbrain.in/" rel="nofollow">https://anchor.humanbrain.in/</a>
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You can see the 3d atlas videos at the project website online - <a href="https://anchor.humanbrain.in/" rel="nofollow">https://anchor.humanbrain.in/</a>
Other publications from the same place:<p><a href="https://iitm.humanbrain.in/project.html" rel="nofollow">https://iitm.humanbrain.in/project.html</a><p>notably:<p><a href="https://brainportal.humanbrain.in/publicview/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://brainportal.humanbrain.in/publicview/index.html</a>
> The researchers have made the atlas freely available online<p>fuck yes. finally someone not gatekeeping lifesaving technologies so they can make shit ton of money out of it.
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