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Memory is stored in cells throughout the body, not just the brain (www.earth.com)

submitted 3 days ago by HellsBelle to c/[email protected]

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In this study, the scientists simulated the process of spaced learning by examining two types of non-brain human cells — one from nerve tissue and one from kidney tissue — in a laboratory setting.

These cells were exposed to varying patterns of chemical signals, akin to the exposure of brain cells to neurotransmitter patterns when we learn new information.

The intriguing part? These non-brain cells also switched on a “memory gene” – the same gene that brain cells activate when they detect information patterns and reorganize their connections to form memories.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 3 days ago (1 children)

in a laboratory setting.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Technically, a handgun also kills cancer in vivo. The problem is the cost to the host body.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Okay but what you're saying is if I hired a good enough marksman to shoot the cancer out of my body without killing me then that's a good thing right?

I mean, that's basically what we do with gamma radiation and chemotherapy, just a little bit more ballistic, right?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exactly! The only difference is that those use very tiny bullets.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Chemo only applies if it's doped with a radionuclide, otherwise it's just regular poison.