Hindu group stirs debate over yoga origin
Hindustan Times Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:08 AM PST
Yoga is practiced by about 15 million people in the United States, for reasons almost as numerous รข€" from the physical benefits mapped in brain scans to the less tangible rewards that New Age journals call spiritual centering. |
Scientists Find Way to Partially Reverse Aging in Mice
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:02 AM PST
SUNDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists say they have partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, leading to new brain and testes growth, improved fertility and the return of lost cognitive function, or thinking skills. |
Gene therapy prevents memory problems in mice with Alzheimer's disease
PhysOrg Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:51 AM PST
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) in San Francisco have discovered a new strategy to prevent memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Humans with AD and mice genetically engineered to simulate the disease have abnormally low levels of an enzyme called EphB2 in memory centers of the brain. Improving EphB2 levels in such mice by gene therapy ... |
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