THE CREATIVE SPARK

 Ever wondered what could be the life of people who have their sense of movement and perception, but still can't move? Or what will be their life in these situations? You have your limbs but you cannot use them! What a tragedy! There are millions of people world wide being in such situation where they cannot use their limb(s) even if they want to. These patients come under the category of plegics; where they are unable to move either one or both of their limbs, be it upper or lower; and life is tragic for such people. So an establishment called as NeuroLife came up with a solution. NeuroLife is an establishment developed by Battelle and Ohio State University, that aims to provide a full neuronal control of the limb that has lost its function. UNDERSTANDING BASIC NEUROMUSCULAR PHYSIOLOGY -  We all know how easily the hand raises to give a high five or to punch/slap someone in adverse cases. But the movement of the hand has various activities going on. The receptors at the tip o...

 The cell is the basic and most fundamental structure of the human body. It contains all the things required for the functioning.  A cell is basically the command centre. Millions of such command centres gather together to form an organism. The 1st cells to form are the stem cells. They form the basis of the human body. There are various properties of stem cells that include pluripotency, multipotency, nullipotent and totipotency.   This video shows the mitotic division of the stem cell. Note the mitotic spindle formed that leads to division. As the zygote further grows the fundamental properties of cell become more potent. This is where the cells decide their functions and behave as they are. This property of cell is called as differentiation; a process where the cell takes up a particular function or cells of particular function gather up to perform a function later turning into a tissue and organ. This event generally happens in the 2nd and 3rd week of intrauterin...