Nation These rats have human cells in their brains. They may help scientists understand autism and schizophrenia. October 12, 2022October 17, 2022 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY Comments Off on These rats have human cells in their brains. They may help scientists understand autism and schizophrenia. Stanford researcher Sergiu Pașca's experiments, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, are both significant and ethically challenging.