Niches in Neuroscience
Neuroscience is branching out, according to ‘ The Many Fields of Neuroscience: Shifting from Synapses to Society’ in Science Careers. New subfields within the discipline are sprouting up as scientists are combining the study of the brain with chemistry, psychology, engineering and other sciences. Neuroscientists study everything from the behavior of individual cells to how people behave in groups. According to Science, these are some of the up-and-coming areas of neuroscience to watch: Transdifferentiation Scientists change the fate of cells, manipulating tissue-specific stem or precursor cells to beget types of cells that they would not normally produce. This technique may be used in the next decades to treat neurological disorders and develop personalized treatments using the patient’s own cells. Optogenetics A combination of optics and. . . Read More
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