Robot Assists in Alzheimers Reasearch
Dr. John Q. Trojanowski and Dr. Virginia M.-Y. Lee, of the University of Pennsylvania, are studying tau, a protein that is damaged in a person suffering from Alzheimers. They have the assistance of a $1.5 million robot that fetches and carries plastic plates that contain wells, injects them with chemicals, then carries the plates to an incubator. It may also take the results to a microscope for analysis.
Via NY Times
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