Guest:
Dr. Malin Parmar to talk about her latest paper in Cell Stem Cell regarding Parkinson’s disease. This paper is very important and made main stream news everywhere.
Resources and Links
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Adds Two New Subatomic Particles to the List – CERN’s researchers have added two new subatomic particles that are six times as massive as protons.
Brain Structure Rediscovered – A Stanford graduate student Jason Yeatman has discovered what he thought was a new brain structure, known as the vertical occipital fasciculus, and later finds out that it was actually originally discovered in the late 19th century and got lost from the literature for more than 100 years.
‘Text Neck’ Is Becoming an ‘epidemic’ and Could Wreck Your Spine – This article warns us that hunching over your smartphone can cause back pain, posture problems.
Alcoholism Damages Brain’s White Matter, Scans Show – Alcoholism damages white matter throughout the brain and this damage can be detected with brain scans according to the researchers.
A Man Lost in Musical Time – This article identifies the first documented beat deafness, a condition in which a person can’t feel music’s beat or move in time to it.
The Fault in Our Stars Might be a Virus – This article describes how the starfish on the western coast of North America started wasting away, a condition known as sea star wasting syndrome potentially caused by a new virus called sea star-associated densovirus or SSaDV.
Stupidity Virus’ Lives In People’s Throats, Crosses Over From Algae In Lakes – A virus commonly found in algae somehow made its way into people’s throats, reducing their ability to perform certain tasks.