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Exercise Is Good For Your Brain

by pribut on November 3, 2011

Cognitive decline with aging is an increasingly important research topic. This week Science Magazine has produced a special issue on the brain and a summary article and one main articles discusses the impact on a specific neurodegenerative disease (spinocerebellar ataxia type 1) in mice.
A “mild” exercise regimen helped the mice live significantly longer. The [...]

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A Smart Phone Clever Enough To Analyze Your Biopsy

by pribut on February 25, 2011

Miniaturization of technology continues to bring new innovations in science and technology. The very latest innovation which you probably have not seen yet is a miniature NMR. On a larger scale this is the old familiar MRI machine. The micro-NMR is coupled to a Smart Phone and used to analyze cell surface proteins. A study [...]

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Achilles Tendinopathy: PRP Disappoints in New Study

by pribut on January 14, 2010

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 13, 2010 gave disappointing results in using plasma rich protein to treat non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy. It showed no difference between using a sham injection of saline and combining it with a painful eccentric stretching protocol  in comparison with an injection of plasma rich [...]

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