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Jun 29, 2019
16 dog food brands may cause heart disease in pets, FDA warns
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, food
Regulator says certain types of pet food are more frequently connected to heart disease in dogs, but why is unclear.
Jun 29, 2019
Announcing a New Mission to Saturn’s Largest Moon on This Week @NASA
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space travel
This week: 🚁 A new mission to Saturn’s largest Moon Titan 🚀 Launching new missions & landing astronauts…on the same night!
🎛️ Restoring the glory to the Apollo Mission Control Room.
There are a few of the stories to tell you about on the latest episode of This Week at NASA! Watch:
Jun 29, 2019
Anti-Alzheimer’s Protein Complex Identified
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
A new mouse study highlights the proteins responsible for LC3-associated endocytosis (LANDO), an autophagy process that is involved in degrading β-amyloid, the principal substance associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Proteostasis
Proteins in the human brain can form misfolded, non-functional, and toxic clumps known as aggregates. Preventing these aggregates from forming, and removing them when they do, is a natural function of the human body, and it is known as proteostasis. However, as we age, this function degrades, and loss of proteostasis is one of the hallmarks of aging. The resulting accumulation of aggregates leads to several deadly diseases, one of which is Alzheimer’s.
Jun 29, 2019
The Pinay whose work revealed a deadly snail to be a medical wonder
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: biotech/medical
Meet National Scientis Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz, a biochemist whose research on Conus geographus venom made a significant impact on neurological medicine.
Jun 29, 2019
What If Earth Was Near the Center of the Milky Way?
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
What’s at the center of the Milky Way galaxy and what would be different if Earth was positioned there?
Jun 28, 2019
CRISPR nanoparticles are the next big hope in Alzheimer’s disease treatments
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology, neuroscience
Jun 28, 2019
Couple clones cat after it dies for hefty price
Posted by Heather Blevins in category: biotech/medical
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (WCNC) – A North Carolina couple couldn’t bear to break the bond they had with their furry feline friend. So after 19-year-old Cinnabun passed away, the Bullerdicks decided to clone their kitty.
The cost? A whopping price of $25,000.
The couple found a Texas-based company known for cloning dogs, cats and horses. They bought a kit and with a skin sample and saliva sample… Cinnabun the second was born.
Jun 28, 2019
Oppo MeshTalk can make calls and send texts with no carrier or Internet connection
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: internet
It’s a mesh network system that sends data between devices — no cell towers, Wi-Fi hotspots or Bluetooth needed.
Jun 28, 2019
Dragonfly: NASA’s New Mission to Explore Saturn’s Moon Titan
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Next stop? Saturn’s moon Titan!
Titan, an analog to the early 🌎, can provide clues to how life may have arisen on our planet. Working with the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), we’ll send our new mission #Dragonfly to take to the skies in search for the building blocks of life: https://go.nasa.gov/2Nv0Eb0