Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer. A Molecule Away from Madness offers a captivating, singular view of the human brain. Sara Manning Peskin is an assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. By tracing the molecular causes for neurologic diseases, Peskin highlights cutting-edge developments in cognitive research, making the case that these are the stories that will one day teach us how to cure dementia and other diseases of the brain. In the book, she also tells us about the sometimes outlandish, often criticized and forever devoted scientists who work to solve these mysteries and find cures. Sara Manning Peskin thought her future was at the bench, but it turned out that neurology and writing was her true calling. She says that our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. These are some of the true stories told by neurologist Sara Manning Peskin in her book A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain.
One after another, poor farmers in South Carolina drop dead from a mysterious epidemic of dementia. A man planning to propose marriage instead becomes violently enraged, gripped by body spasms so severe that he nearly bites off his own tongue.
By dinner, she is strapped to a hospital bed, convinced she is battling zombies. A college student cannot remember if she has eaten breakfast.
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