Researchers at Aston University in Birmingham took cells from a cancerous tumour and "reprogrammed" them to create those identical to the human nervous system.
Michael Coleman, who led the research, funded by the Humane Research Trust, which advocates alternatives to animal testing, said: "What we have developed is effectively an artificial brain capable of processing thought at the most basic level.
It is closer to the human brain than anything else around.
"What we've made is the most basic unit of the human brain. They're processing, they're connecting, they're communicating."
To keep the cells alive, researchers feed them every two days by injecting them with nutrients and minerals.
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/5050106/Scientists-create-artificial-brain-to-help-fight-Alzheimers.html
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