Memory transplant

It scares me how fast science and medicine is advancing. A recent study by a group of neurobiologists shows that it is possible to transplant the memory from the nervous system of one snail to another one.

To prove that the memory transplant was successful, they "trained" the first snail by giving it little electrical shocks. After repeating the same procedure over and over the snail started to react to the electric shocks by contracting himself. That helped the snail to protect itself from harm. Once the snail learned how to react to the electric shock the researchers extracted the RNA from that snail and transplanted it to another snail. After that the second snail presented the same behavior to the first electric shock.

The researchers said that this is a great advance in alleviating the effects of diseases like Alzheimer or post traumatic stress disorder. These kinds of experiments seem as if they are from a science fiction film; while i was writing this i was imagining myself being having the a memory of a polyglot transplanted into me... In the mean time I will keep writing my daily journals to improve my English. See you tomorrow Italki community!

Memory transplants

It is scary how fast science and medicine is advancing. A recent study by a neuro-biologist showed that it is possible to transplant the memory from the nervous system of one snail to another.

To prove that the memory transplant was successful, they "trained" the first snail by giving him small electrical shocks. After repeating the same procedure over and over the snail started to react to the shocks by contracting himself. That helps the snail to protect itself from harm. Once the snail learned how to react against the electric shock the researchers extracted its RNA and transplanted it to a second snail. After that the second snail presented the same behavior from the first electric shock.

The researchers said that this is a great advance to alleviate the effects of diseases like Alzheimers or post traumatic stress disorder. This kind of experiment seems like science fiction. While writing this I was imagining myself being implanted with the memory of a polyglot... Meanwhile I will keep writing my daily journals to improve my English. See you tomorrow Italki community!

Very well written!