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WE MAY ALL BE BORN WITH SYNESTHESIA. A lovely TED talk on the subject. https://lnkd.in/d66DVpv View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE for the next two weekends examines the phenomenon of synesthesia, where sensory inputs can be crossed, so people may hear colors and taste words. These skills can be associated with creative people and with those gifted by phenomenal memories, but studies show that the picture is more diverse than that. View in LinkedIn

SPECIAL CASE. "The special issue here with stem cells is that those types of human cells are so powerful and so elastic that there's great worry about the degree to which the animals could become humanized." https://lnkd.in/dmf_2MB View in LinkedIn

THE UNKNOWN. "Could the mixing of human and nonhuman materials threaten human identity and, if so, how might this happen?" https://lnkd.in/dvTCsN2 View in LinkedIn

PROPENSITY TO LINK. “However, the specific form of synesthesia an individual expresses can vary within families, suggesting the genetic undertones impose a predisposition to synesthesia but not its expression. Indeed, individuals with one type of synesthesia are much more likely to have another as well, an observation that was adduced by Ramachandran and Hubbard as support for the idea that the defective pruning gene or genes confer a general propensity to linking unrelated sensations or even concepts.” https://lnkd.in/dfc7eju View in LinkedIn

FLY-FETAL HUMAN BRAIN TREATMENT. "A mixture of human fetal brain and Notch Drosophila melanogaster neural embryonic tissues were transplanted into the ventro.lateral nucleus of the thalamus of the patients of Parkinson' disease. As a result, tremor and constrained movements disappeared. Post-operation patients have been observed within 13-38 months. No side effects were noted during this time." https://lnkd.in/dtj4FWt View in LinkedIn

HUGE VARIATION. “At least 60 different forms of synesthesia have been documented (i.e., different combinations among the senses), reflecting the extreme heterogeneity of the condition, and one could easily assume that each type of synesthesia is caused by a unique gene or set of genes.” https://lnkd.in/dfc7eju View in LinkedIn

INSECT TO VERTEBRATES. "It was concluded that there is a possibility to incorporate nerve cells of insects into the brain of vertebrates." https://lnkd.in/dtj4FWt View in LinkedIn

FAMILIAL TRAIT. “While a proven genetic basis for synesthesia remains elusive, the phenomenon tends to run in families, as ∼40% of synesthetes report a first-degree relative with the condition.” https://lnkd.in/dfc7eju View in LinkedIn

FRUIT FLY BRAIN TO RATS. "Ventral neurogenic primordium of Notch Drosophila melanogaster embryos was transplanted into neural tube of amphibian and mammalian embryos with the aid of micro- hydrofeeding. Embryos of four different amphibian species. Random bred mice and rats were used as graft recipients." https://lnkd.in/dtj4FWt View in LinkedIn