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- What is optogenetics? | World Economic Forum
Optogenetics allows us, for the first time, to manipulate the messages that those neurons send to each other "If you imagine the brain as this city, up until now we have been looking at it as if from space," explains I-Han Chou, Senior Editor, Nature "We haven't had the tools to do anything beyond seeing what the whole city block is doing
- A brain breakthrough that offers new hope for Parkinsons and . . .
With mental disorders affecting one in four people globally and psychiatric diseases a leading source of disability, the better understanding of the brain that advanced optogenetics will provide cannot come soon enough
- 11 must-reads on the ethics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution raises some profound ethical questions about the kind of world we want to live in
- 4 ways inclusive innovation systems can accelerate gender equality
As countries make bigger investments in their innovation ecosystems, there is an opportunity to ensure that those systems go beyond closing gender gaps, to shaping gender-equitable solutions
- The human brain, explored in 3 questions | World Economic Forum
I-han Chou, neuroscience editor at Nature magazine, explains how the emerging field of optogenetics - using light to stimulate genetically modified cells in the brain - could offer new treatments, as well open up new ethical questions
- Could we erase traumatic memories? | World Economic Forum
For a new study published in the journal Neuron, researchers used a fear-based memory model in mice to test the underlying mechanism of memory because fear is a strong and emotionally charged experience They used optogenetics, a newer research method using light to control cells in living tissue, to stimulate specific populations of cholinergic neurons during the experiments
- Andrew D. Maynard - Agenda Contributor | World Economic Forum
Professor Andrew Maynard is Associate Dean, Arizona State University College of Global Futures, and author of Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, and Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies His research focuses on the nexus between technology, society, and the future He also directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Nexus, is
- These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2016
The Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2016 list, compiled by the Forum’s Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies and published in collaboration with Scientific American, highlights technological advances its members believe have the power to improve lives, transform industries and safeguard the planet It also provides an opportunity to debate any human, societal, economic or environmental risks
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