Today, while looking through some university programs on media studies, I came across a very eye and brain catching news in News of the University of Calgary. So what was that..? Seems that Canadian team developed Neurochip technology. I am too far from medicine studies but the importance of this achievement is easier to analyze for me than to think over the process how it was developed so that it helps futurea understanding of how brain cells work under normal conditions and permit drug discoveries for a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
As scientists evaluate, new technology monitoring of brain cell activity at a resolution never achieved before.
According to University of Calgary, Syed, professor and head of the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and advisor to the Vice President Research on Biomedical Engineering Initiative of the U of C says: “This technical breakthrough means we can track subtle changes in brain activity at the level of ion channels and synaptic potentials, which are also the most suitable target sites for drug development in neurodegenerative diseases and neuropsychological disorders.”
According to Gerald Zamponi’s, professor and head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, words I could understand more precisely the meaning of all the achievement, “This technology can likely be scaled up such that it will become a novel tool for medium throughput drug screening, in addition to its usefulness for basic biomedical research”.
In the world of so many changes, our health condition also changes and needs different kinds of approaches to be cured. And if placing of human brain on microchip can do so much for diseased people, so why not?! The most important question AFTER great achievement is How much affordable it will be?
I am not sure I am able to discuss deeper about scientists’ works and achievements but I will try to inform BLOGVASION readers about the further developments in this direction. Before that I wish everybody to have the first wealth in the world- Health!
As for those who will be more interested in the new technology from the lab of Naweed Syed, in collaboration with the NRC, can find information in the journal, Biomedical Devices.
Source:
http://ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/august10-2010/neurochip
As scientists evaluate, new technology monitoring of brain cell activity at a resolution never achieved before.
According to University of Calgary, Syed, professor and head of the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and advisor to the Vice President Research on Biomedical Engineering Initiative of the U of C says: “This technical breakthrough means we can track subtle changes in brain activity at the level of ion channels and synaptic potentials, which are also the most suitable target sites for drug development in neurodegenerative diseases and neuropsychological disorders.”
According to Gerald Zamponi’s, professor and head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, words I could understand more precisely the meaning of all the achievement, “This technology can likely be scaled up such that it will become a novel tool for medium throughput drug screening, in addition to its usefulness for basic biomedical research”.
In the world of so many changes, our health condition also changes and needs different kinds of approaches to be cured. And if placing of human brain on microchip can do so much for diseased people, so why not?! The most important question AFTER great achievement is How much affordable it will be?
I am not sure I am able to discuss deeper about scientists’ works and achievements but I will try to inform BLOGVASION readers about the further developments in this direction. Before that I wish everybody to have the first wealth in the world- Health!
As for those who will be more interested in the new technology from the lab of Naweed Syed, in collaboration with the NRC, can find information in the journal, Biomedical Devices.
Source:
http://ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/august10-2010/neurochip
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