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Organ models that more accurately capture finer details could reduce surgical error and lead to personalized implants.
The key to understanding how brains can recover from trauma is that they are fantastically plastic – meaning our body’s supercomputer can reshape and remodel itself.
The brain itself can’t actually feel pain. It can’t sense damage to itself the way your finger can. We know this because people can have brain surgery while they are totally awake.
Much research has been focused on finding a non-invasive way to measure pressure in the brain, which is an important part of accurately diagnosing neurosurgical conditions.
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Paediatric neurosurgeon, University of Cape Town
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Ph.D. Candidate in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida
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Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
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Professor and Head of Epigenetics and Neural Plasticity, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
