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Science journalist covering all things wild and wonderful for @NewsfromScience. Alum @Nature @NewScientist, 2025 KSJ Fellow. Signal: sara_reardon.59

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I’m a staff reporter in Nature’s Washington, D.C. bureau, where I cover the National Institutes of Health, neuroscience, microbiology and various other biomedical research and policy topics.

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Disembodied human brains, immortal bits of sea cucumber, and fame in Galileo’s time

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By Sarah Crespi Verified, Valerie Thompson Verified, Sara Reardon Verified, Angela Saini Verified
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S. Reardon/Science 00:00 42:52 Full Transcript Download Follow Apple Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Related Books et al. Galileo's Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century Science 28 May 2026 Related Research Article Natural tissue immortality: Indefinite survival of sea cucumber explants Science Advances 27 May 2026 First up on the podcast, a company is using whole brains—maintained with specialized life support—to study new drugs.
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Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing

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By Sara Reardon Verified
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Table of contents A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 392, Issue 6801.Download PDF Related podcast Disembodied human brains, immortal bits of sea cucumber, and fame in Galileo’s time Podcast 28 May 2026 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT—Just a day ago, the brain was in a living person. Now, hours after its owner died, it sits on a cart draped in tubes that quiver as they pump liters of blood substitute and other fluids through the organ, supplying oxygen and removing waste.
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Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing

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By Sara Reardon Verified
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NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT—Just a day ago, the brain was in a living person. Now, hours after its owner died, it sits on a cart draped in tubes that quiver as they pump liters of blood substitute and other fluids through the organ, supplying oxygen and removing waste. With most of its key functions intact but its electrical activity quenched by anesthesia, the brain hovers between life and death.
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