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...kind of therapy?and safer than cells derived from bone or muscle tissue. "The results are promising and we don't see the complications that we see with other cell types," he says. Piero Anversa, a heart expert at New York Medical College who pioneered a similar procedure in mice, agrees that placing blood-derived stem cells in the heart and arteries poses "no danger for the patients," although he says that the therapy still hasn't been proven effective...
...someone used to ambidextrous computing-a Windows machine on my right and a Mac to my left-I have been using two-button scroll-wheel mice on both systems for years. In Mac OS 9 (and perhaps even earlier), the act of clicking while holding down the control key for contextual pop-up menus could be duplicated by right-clicking a USB-connected Windows mouse. That feature has been around so long it's a wonder Apple didn't launch a two-button mouse years back...
...When I was eight, I was massacring the summer reading contest at my local library. I would walk around, book open, eyes glued to the page. And if that wasn’t enough, I had a penchant for writing short stories, a large number of which involved sarcastic mice narrators. Certainly a chance to write a poem or create a tale or write an editorial would be a fun way to spend a summer...
...extends the lifespan of every organism it has been put into,” he said of the gene, adding that these organisms include yeast, worms, and fruit flies. Tests on mice are currently ongoing...
Sinclair said that he and his fellow researchers are in the process of establishing the individual purpose of each gene in order to determine which ones can be used for medicines. They are currently using one of the genes in the Sir2 family to protect mice from brain disorders analogous to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and Huntington’s Disease, he said...