Meet Alekha Goldberg, a California seventh-grader who tested a potential brain-injury treatment on 350 fruit flies after her brother was hurt; injured flies given the highest dose survived and climbed better
Alekha GoldbergPhoto credit: Society for science When Alekha Goldberg’s older brother suffered a traumatic brain injury during a violent attack in Washington, D.C., she saw how deeply the injury changed his everyday life. He faced long-term problems with memory, thinking and brain fatigue, difficulties that affected both his work and daily routines. Rather than simply…
