Optogenetics, the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks, and one’s future cure for Alzheimer’s

Back in the days of learnedness at university, where it was incumbent upon us to learn about the flaws and fallacies of laboratory research techniques in order for us to challenge the currently held models of  the human body, I spent a year dedicated purely to neuroscience. In the years since my  time has beenContinue reading “Optogenetics, the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks, and one’s future cure for Alzheimer’s”

What drives us? Harness the horsepower

Motivation bridges the gap between desire and action. It derives from one of the Latin roots motivus (to set in motion) and motare (to stir/agitate). Our human happiness is the net product of how many of our desires, spiritual and instinctive, we able able to placate. Motivation delivers us from one to the other, andContinue reading “What drives us? Harness the horsepower”