USC Scientists Are Working on Deleting Memories


Using a protein found in glowing jellyfish and some fancy engineering, scientists can now watch memories as they form in the brains of mice.

That alone is cool, but here’s the real sci-fi stuff: Within a couple years, researchers think they’ll be able to selectively eliminate memories (at least in mice), much like they do in the John Woo-Ben Affleck classic Paycheck or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Joking aside, here’s how it works:



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