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    The Memory Hacker

    By Posted on 1.22.2008 4 Comments

    In wet lab 412C on the University of Southern California´s Los Angeles campus, Vijay Srinivasan is poking a long, evil-looking needle at a slice of rat brain about half the size of a fingernail. All around him, coils of cable are piled near hulking microscopes. Glass vials and fluid-filled plastic dishes compete for space with spare keyboards and computer chips.

    12.12.2008 at 03:00pm - Comment by mtnhihopes

    I am fascinated and hopeful. Having a loved one who suffered a devastating stroke at 32 when she was pregnant with her 3rd child- all I can say is this would be a God send- her biggest diability is having nearly zero short term memory. It is hard to function or learn anything when you can only remember for about 5 min...I say thank you for working so hard on this. Maybe in the future others like her won't have such devastating consequences to a brain injury. We all could have our sister, wife , mother and daughter back and she would feel like a contributing and fulfilled member of our family and society again....please keep up the good work!



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