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Like brain cells, kidney cells can also ‘remember’scitechdaily.com/mind-blowing-discovery-scientists-discover-that-memories-are-not-only-in-the-brain/

823 sats \ 11 comments \ @IamSINGLE 27 Nov science

A groundbreaking study has found that cells outside the brain may have memory functions, challenging the long-held belief that memory is exclusive to brain cells. Researchers demonstrated that non-brain cells could learn from spaced repetition, activating a “memory gene” similar to brain cells.

The study was published in the journal Nature Communications.

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146 sats \ 3 replies \ @398ja 27 Nov

“This discovery opens new doors for understanding how memory works and could lead to better ways to enhance learning and treat memory problems,” observes Kukushkin. “At the same time, it suggests that in the future, we will need to treat our body more like the brain—for example, consider what our pancreas remembers about the pattern of our past meals to maintain healthy levels of blood glucose or consider what a cancer cell remembers about the pattern of chemotherapy.”

A guy I'm following on YouTube, Guy Tenenbaum, https://youtube.com/@cancertherapy is vlogging about his fight against pancreatic cancer. He was given a couple of years to live after a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. He's "beaten" cancer with a novel approach, and remained cancer free for several years, but his cancer relapsed recently. One thing I remember him saying repeatedly is that one should not give cancer cells a routine, but change the protocol constantly, because the cancer cells will eventually adapt, and develop a resistance to the protocol. I was reminded of that while reading the above quoted text from the article.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 28 Nov

If he beat Stage 4 pancreatic cancer previously, that’s impressive because pancreatic cancer has one of the lowest survival rates

48 sats \ 1 reply \ @398ja 28 Nov

Yes, that's right. No chemotherapy, no radiotherapy, and he's not a lunatic. He has a science-based approach, and as a matter of fact he has hired a whole team of scientists to follow and advise him. Together, they have published several scientific papers on the topic. Their approach is based on the premise that cancer is a metabolic disease, as postulated by Nobel price laureate Otto Warburg at the beginning of the last century. The treatment therefore consists of blocking all metabolic paths to cancer cells to prevent their multiplication. I'm not an expert, but I've watched several videos of Drs Seyfried, Schwartz, etc, who work with him. It's a fascinating topic and very promising. Here's his English channel: https://youtube.com/@survivefromcancer

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 28 Nov

Thanks for your elaborate response and for shattering my paradigm. I will be sure to check him out!

27 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinPilgrim 27 Nov

Wow, the part that said "we will need to treat our body more like the brain—for example, ...consider what a cancer cell remembers about the pattern of chemotherapy"

I heard somewhere that heart transplants can transfer skills (like playing piano) from one person to the other.

45 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE OP 27 Nov

Yes, that's why o posted this. It's cool to know what was understood just an assumption is actually true. Heart transplant does necessarily transfer emotional quotient and skills associated to them.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 27 Nov

So, when someone doesn't habe brain, he can still learn?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE OP 27 Nov

I think so. But who doesn't have brain?

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 27 Nov

Wow. There is a Japanese Dorama on Netflix that is based on the premise that the heart recipient remembers his donor’s memories. Didn’t know that that has more validity to it than I expected!

34 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE OP 27 Nov

Now when you know it's valid, will you treat every part of your body with the same respect?

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 28 Nov

Yes of course. I start with not scrolling my phone before my bedtime so that I can get better sleep and protect my eyeballs haha