9 comments

  • iandanforth 2 hours ago

    The article sometimes makes it sound like this is a diagnostic tool but am I wrong in thinking it's a reference constructed from a small number of individuals?

    • pchangr an hour ago

      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: https://anchor.humanbrain.in/

  • porridgeraisin 30 minutes ago
  • rramadass 3 hours ago

    You can see the 3d atlas videos at the project website online - https://anchor.humanbrain.in/

    • 21asdffdsa12 3 hours ago

      +1 for indian public funded science being publicly available and feeling the need to justify their existence by explaining what they do to the public.

  • CubicalOrange 2 hours ago

    > The researchers have made the atlas freely available online

    fuck yes. finally someone not gatekeeping lifesaving technologies so they can make shit ton of money out of it.

    • pchangr an hour ago

      I believe this is how most publicly funded research and some private research institutes work. This research was conducted by a public Indian university (IIT Madras). Which, by the way is literally more selective than IVY league universities

      • hsb3 an hour ago

        Doesnt matter how selective they are if the Budget of 1 MIT is $5 Billion while the budget of all 23 IIT is less than $1 Billion. There is a reason why so many Indian scientists move out of India.

      • porridgeraisin 25 minutes ago

        This particular lab happens to be primarily privately funded, donations, grants, etc,. Most big ticket research at IITM like this one are industry-funded or donation-funded. The public funds cover all the usual stuff and I don't mean to understate it.