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Hoping Two Drugs Carry a Side
Effect: Longer Life
New York Times July 22, 2008
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Sirtris, a drug company, has two
drugs in clinical trials that it
hopes will avert degenerative
diseases of aging. One being tested
in diabetic patients is a special
formulation of resveratrol that
delivers a bloodstream dose five
times as high as the chemical alone,
to reduce glucose levels. The other
drug is a small synthetic chemical...
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Spinal cord stem cells could be
basis of new treatment
KurzweilAI.net July 22, 2008
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A researcher at MIT's Picower
Institute for Learning and Memory
has pinpointed stem cells within the
spinal cord that, if persuaded to
differentiate into more healing
cells and fewer scarring cells
following an injury, may lead to a
new, non-surgical treatment for
debilitating spinal-cord injuries.
MIT...
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How the Personal Genome Project
Could Unlock the Mysteries of Life
Wired August 2008
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George Church's Personal Genome
Project aims to make those
correlations between particular
genetic sequences and particular
physical characteristics, including
disease risk and personality, on an
unprecedented scale. Begun last year
with 10 volunteers, it will soon
expand to 100,000 participants and
generate a massive database of
genomes,...
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Video of ReWalk Exoskeleton System
Medgadget July 21, 2008
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Argo Medical Technologies' ReWalk
exoskeleton system allows people
with paralyzed legs to walk. ReWalk
comprises a light wearable brace
support suit with DC motors at the
joints, rechargeable batteries, an
array of sensors and a
computer-based control system. It
fits the body snugly to detect upper
body movements, which are used to
initiate...
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Enough Atoms for a Cannonball? Or
Just a Small Splash?
New York Times July 22, 2008
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Physicists at the University of
California, Berkeley have developed
a nanomechanical sensor -- a
cantilevered carbon nanotube -- that
can weigh an atom, replacing a large
mass spectrometer. The mass is
determined by sending a
radio-frequency signal to the
nanotube and measuring its resonant
frequency, which changes when
different atoms are...
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'Snow flea antifreeze protein'
could help improve organ
preservation
PhysOrg.com July 21, 2008
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University of Chicago and
University of Pennsylvania
researchers have synthesized an
antifreeze protein--snow flea
antifreeze protein (sfAFP)--used by
Canadian snow fleas to survive
sub-freezing winter temperatures.
Protein and mirror form (Brad
Pentelute) Their results may allow
large quantities of the protein to
be made, allowing for...
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