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How Technology Is Changing Our Brain
How have modern technologies like computers and cell phones changed the brains of young people? What are the benefits and downsides of the newly evolving brain wired on microprocessors and limitless information? We'll explore these issues with a UCLA brain and memory expert.

Aging and longevity tied to specific brain region in mice
The protein SIRT1 in the brain is tied into a mechanism that allows animals to survive when food is scarce, according to a new study. The research suggests that SIRT1 may be involved with the life span-increasing effect of low-calorie diets, they report.

Aging, Longevity Tied To Specific Brain Region
Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of mice had been engineered so their brains produced more SIRT1, a protein known to play a role in aging and longevity.This result surprised us, says the studys senior author Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD ...

SIRT1 plays role in aging, longevity
Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of mice had been engineered so their brains produced more SIRT1, a protein known to play a role in aging and longevity.

Response Biomedical closes $8 million common share private placement
Response Biomedical Corporation announced today that it has closed its previously announced private placement of common shares for gross proceeds of approximately $8 million. The Company issued 13,333,333 common shares at a price of C$0.60 per share.

Aging and longevity linked to specific brain region in mice
Washington, July 29 : In a study on mice engineered to produce a protein showed that a specific brain region, called the hypothalamus governs aging and longevity.

UTHSCSA establishes new Center for Healthy Aging
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has established a new Center for Healthy Aging. Nicolas Musi, M.D., a diabetes researcher in the School of Medicine, will be the founding director.

Scientists demonstrates new nanoparticle for photoacoustic imaging
Spotting a single cancerous cell that has broken free from a tumor and is traveling through the bloodstream to colonize a new organ might seem like finding a needle in a haystack. But a new imaging technique from the University of Washington is a first step toward making this possible.UW researchers have developed a multifunctional nanoparticle that eliminates the background noise, enabling a ...

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Sequencing Genes Implicated in GWAS Uncovers Rare Variants in Disease Cohort
Demonstrating the power of targeted resequencing to follow up on the results of a genome-wide association study, researchers at the University of Western Ontario identified 154 rare variants in four genes in 438 individuals with hypertriglyceridemia a condition characterized by high blood levels of fatty acid compared to only 53 such variants in 327 controls.