With the many recent advances in technology and robotics, the world of medicine is gradually moving towards a more machine-based approach. Robotic surgery, or robot assisted surgery, is one of the developments that is at the forefront of this shift. Robotic surgery involves the use of surgical robots that can be controlled by doctors through computers...
As anyone who has watched Pixar’s Inside Out will tell you, our memories play an integral role in defining our identities. Alzheimer’s disease begins by stripping away memories, followed by the abilities to speak, think, and exist independently. Even after years of investigation and millions of dollars in clinical research, no drug or therapy is capable of fully arresting the ultimately fatal progression of Alzheimer’s, let alone beginning to reverse it...
Last month, I got the opportunity to take the class Tropical Field Biology (EBIO 319) and travel to Belize, a country that boasts an incredible amount of biodiversity both underwater and in the rainforest. I learned a lot about what it takes to become a field biologist, however there were larger lessons about conservation biology that I encountered first-hand, making them even more personally salient...
to debunking the “Mozart Effect,” we have seen a plethora of exciting research that is bridging the world between music and science. And there is further evidence that music is becoming a very integral part in the future of neuroscience. An increasing number of labs are devoting their research to music and the effects it has on the brain, and several institutions have even specially devoted departments and facilities towards music-neuroscience research...
There's a new development in Alzheimer's treatment: Connecticut resident Eric Knight recently received a patent for his electro-magnetic field (EMF)-inducing headset, which uses radio waves to treat this formidable disease.
Alzheimer’s is characterized by beta-amyloid plaque buildup that interferes with and even disables nerve signaling. Beta-amyloid buildup leads to what scientists call “tangles.” In healthy brain tissue, the brain’s transport system is comprised of parallel rows of tissue...
