"What he had demonstrated was that the nervous system was like a computer terminal through which you could deliver commands to stop a problem, like acute inflammation, before it starts, or repair a body after it gets sick."
— Behar, Michael
Author
Date
May 23, 2014
Metaphor
"What he had demonstrated was that the nervous system was like a computer terminal through which you could deliver commands to stop a problem, like acute inflammation, before it starts, or repair a body after it gets sick."
Metaphor in Context
"We let it sleep for an hour, then took blood tests," he said. The bacterial toxin should have triggered rampant inflammation, but instead the production of tumor necrosis factor was blocked by 75 percent. "For me, it was a life-changing moment," Tracey said. What he had demonstrated was that the nervous system was like a computer terminal through which you could deliver commands to stop a problem, like acute inflammation, before it starts, or repair a body after it gets sick. "All the information is coming and going as electrical signals," Tracey said. For months, he'd been arguing with his staff, whose members considered this rat project of his harebrained. "Half of them were in the hallway betting against me," Tracey said.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Michael Behar, "Can the Nervous System Be Hacked?" New York Times (May 23, 2014). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
05/27/2014
