A nanotechnologist dreams of microscopic machines to cure brain diseases

  • 24/05/2023

Deblina Sarkar, a nanotechnologist and assistant professor at MIT, makes little machines to cure brain diseases. She develops ultratiny electronic devices, some smaller than a mote of dust, that she hopes will one day enter the brain. Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other neurological afflictions that assault the minds of millions of people worldwide. Sarkar’s solution: Employ minute machines to detect and reverse these disorders.

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