Man continues his life by recording all kinds of information throughout his life. Some of these are short-lived, while others can be stored for life. The severe negative events encountered can turn into a trauma and lead to many mental health problems.
Researchers are looking for ways to erase bad memories that affect human life from memory. Although different studies have been carried out with various methods, a definitive solution has not been reached so far. Scientists from the University of Cambridge have discovered a protein that is thought to help erase unwanted events from memory.
It is thought that the information in memory can be changed by interfering with the structure of the protein.
Scientists think that a protein found in the kneecap can be treated with post-traumatic stress disorder by changing bad memories in memory. In the study, it was noticed that a drug used in heart diseases helped to change this protein structure. According to the researchers, if the structure of the protein is disrupted, memories can become modifiable. However, it is not yet known whether this occurs only by the breakdown of the protein or by a deeper reaction.
However, this discovery is not a method that can erase people’s memories as it is in science fiction movies. Researchers are considering testing on animals to identify the factors that will alter memory and to perform a treatment with these factors. The treatment will be carried out by transferring the results obtained from experimental studies carried out on animals to humans. However, researcher Dr. Amy Milton underlined that although animal brains are similar to human brains, the human brain is much more complex than that of animals.
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