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When My Brain Forgot How to See: A Traumatic Lesson in Neuroscience and Perception
When My Brain Forgot How to See: A Traumatic Lesson in Neuroscience and Perception
I Broke A Reflex I Didn’t Know I Had and Saw Deeper Into Myself
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Oct 14
Living with Two Brains — Life Without Your Corpus Callosum
Living with Two Brains — Life Without Your Corpus Callosum
Let’s start with an activity.
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
May 20, 2020
Lessons about the Pandemic from 1854
Lessons about the Pandemic from 1854
Notes from the First Epidemiologist -
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Apr 13, 2020
How Viruses Created Humans
How Viruses Created Humans
DNA changes created by viruses are now essential parts of human physiology. Without the genetic changes they created, humans may not exist.
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Apr 2, 2020
Climbing Without Fear — Life Without Your Amygdala
Climbing Without Fear — Life Without Your Amygdala
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Mar 6, 2020
You Take My Breath Away — Hypoxia for Spinal Cord Health
You Take My Breath Away — Hypoxia for Spinal Cord Health
PTs are changing the face of spinal cord rehab. New research on stealing oxygen to enhance healing is revolutionizing the field. Here’s…
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Mar 3, 2020
Life Without Your Cerebellum
Life Without Your Cerebellum
Tucked away at the back of your brain is a phenomenal, but ignored structure. This amalgamation of neurons contains almost 50% of the…
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Jan 30, 2019
DNA Powered Smart Bandages — Gauze That “Thinks”
DNA Powered Smart Bandages — Gauze That “Thinks”
As we speak, Dr. Ben Almquist is thinking about your skin. The American biotechnologist works at Imperial College London and spends his…
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Jan 19, 2019
Gene Editing May Have Cured HIV. Here’s Why We’re Not Celebrating.
Gene Editing May Have Cured HIV. Here’s Why We’re Not Celebrating.
The recent genome edit in China may have demonstrated an HIV cure. And it may have made less-preventable diseases much worse.
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Dec 7, 2018
Ebola and the Inside Man — How Your Cells Get You Sick
Ebola and the Inside Man — How Your Cells Get You Sick
Ebola can’t get you sick. Not on its own. It needs help from an inside man, a part of your cell machinery that helps it escape and infect.
Luke Hollomon, M.S., DPT
Dec 2, 2018
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