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2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 4 11
Music Helps You Heal

JELSIA ALEX
‘Your heartbeat changes and
mimics the music you listen to’
Listening to music utilizes
your entire brain and enhances
the physical activity you do at
that time. Good music can keep
Bring change but only for yourself you energized throughout. When
New Year-New Me? you listen to your favourite
music the ‘reward’ part of the
brain lights up and releases good
feeling chemicals into the brain.
LAKSHMI VIBHA At least 40% of people in the This eventually enlightens your
US set new year resolutions,
The tradition of New Year 22% of people in the UK set mood and intensifies the speed
of your present activity.
Resolutions dates back to goals for self-improvement
over 4,000 years, the ancient through Resolutions. Yet, a Music Therapy is one among
Babylonians made promises study shows that 80% of people the flourishing fields. It has
to their gods at the start of break their resolutions by the been helping a lot of people to
every year. The Romans made first week of February and a recover from various ailments.
promises of good behaviour in survey by Statista shows that Trained musicians combine
the year to come to Janus, after in 2018, only 4% of people their musical knowledge in a
whom January is named. The say they achieved what they variety of styles and identify
god was said to be two-faced, set. Resolutions are a way for the genre of music that relaxes
symbolically looking at the people to let go of all the bad your mind. It touches all facets
previous year as well as the decisions they made in the past of the mind, body and brain. Nothing can comfort you like Music does
new. The Christians adopted the and start over without feeling the Gains of Music Therapy:
Covenant Renewal Service and weight of their failures. Goals, as potential medium to relieve with depression than when
the Jews ended their New Year especially short-term ones are Relieving discomfort during pain in both acute and chronic given Antidepressants. It also
celebrations with Yom Kippur, more actionable, thus are a more treatments diseases. It reduces the number helps to partially cure people
known as the Day of Atonement. effective way to bring about In supervised clinical trials of of drugs and pain medications with insomnia. Music has
Regardless of the creed, the change. Studies show that the people undergoing surgeries and given to patients such as people always been an innate part of
basic concept is the reflection success rate of goals is higher post - surgery medications, those suffering from chronic arthritis, human behaviour. Music can
of past behaviour and making than that of Resolutions. The who listened to music before and undergoing chemotherapies and make anything memorable and
a promise to better yourself. By key is consistency, setting a during their procedure, needed pregnancies. irreplaceable and helps connect
1802 the traditions of making maximum of 3-4 goals, and less sedatives and testified less Depression treatment with different kinds of people.
Resolutions (and failing to keep focusing on them will go a long discomfort than the norm. It not only aids you to regain
them) had become so famous way. Putting in hard work and Music therapy when combined your memory but also allows
that people had now started to focusing on the big picture is Controlling pain with Psychotherapy works you to relive the moments locked
satirise them. sure to obtain results! Music has been measured more efficiently for people away in a remote corner.

Nobel Chemistry Prize: The Technology That Won Our DNA Over

KRITIKA MALHOTRA observed that some bacteria Once the DNA is cut at the used for treating diseases, it
survive viral infections. These site of interest, a gene of can also be unethically used
This is the dawn of an era in survivors had a copy of the our choice can be inserted to enhance our characteristics
which the specific editing of virus’s genes incorporated in its place. This technology – like making a person more
our genes is possible. Nobel in their DNA, stored like a can be used to treat people muscular or immune to pain.
Laureates Jennifer Doudna memory. with genetic disorders, by This poses an ethical concern.
and Emmanuelle Charpentier replacing the malfunctioning Technologies aren’t inherently
investigated viral infections When a known virus gene with a functioning one. good or evil. They are tools;
in bacteria and discovered reinvades, the bacterium Trials for cystic fibrosis, they are power. What one
CRISPR/Cas9 in 2012. This makes a copy of the virus’s sickle-cell anaemia, etc are does with its result determines
technology is like a word genes it had (known as guide- underway and show great whether it’s something that
processor for our DNA – it can RNA) and hands it over promise. While it can be is applauded or deplored.
cut, delete, and insert genes to a protein called Cas9.
at a site. This phenomenal This protein can cut DNA at A virus cannot survive
revelation has far-reaching specific sites, depending on
implications for deliverance the guide-RNA it is carrying. without a host. It aims to
and maybe, possible disaster. When the DNA of the invader
matches the guide-RNA, Cas9 invade the bacterium, hijack
A virus cannot survive cuts the DNA, rendering it
without a host. It aims to inefficacious. its reproductive mechanism
invade the bacterium, hijack
its reproductive mechanism This mechanism was adapted by inserting viral DNA,
by inserting viral DNA, and for humans by scientists, by
multiply. The bacterium then reprogramming the guide- and multiply
dies. However, scientists RNA according to our needs. How CRISPR/Cas9 Works