Infectious Neuroscience: A Technological Approach To Neurodegenerative Diseases
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Research in the past has indicated that neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease are non-infectious. But what if it was possible to catch a brain infection? Joining us to discuss this fascinating topic is Dr. Or Shemesh, an expert working to build and utilize new technologies to study and reverse brain disease…
Dr. Shemesh is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Departments of Neurobiology and Bioengineering. Here, he works in a cutting-edge field called "Counter Disease Engineering" – otherwise known as a technological approach to understanding diseases of the nervous system.
In this conversation, we cover:
- The major causes of inflammation.
- The unique connection between nervous system diseases and infectious agents.
- How microbes impact our overall health.
- How brain pathogens are potentially connected to Alzheimer's.
You can learn more about Dr. Shemesh and his work here!
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| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | My guest is Orr Shamesh, PhD. He's a principal investigator. He has his own |
| 0:46.0 | lab called the Shemesh Lab at University of Pittsburgh. We're going to talk about something |
| 0:50.3 | interesting, infectious neuroscience. So this is the ever-growing |
| 0:56.1 | likelihood that certain diseases we thought that may not come from an infectious |
| 1:01.1 | source actually may. Alzheimer's other neurological disorders. |
| 1:05.6 | So I think this will be a very interesting call and welcome to war. |
| 1:08.9 | Thank you. |
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| 1:10.9 | Happy to be here. |
| 1:11.9 | Hi Richard. Tell me first a bit about your background. |
| 1:14.0 | How did you get into the area you're currently studying? |
| 1:17.0 | I grew up in Jerusalem, Israel. |
| 1:20.0 | When I was about 22 years old, my mom calls me and she says that a grandpa has Alzheimer's. |
| 1:30.0 | He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. |
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