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Researchers Restore Youthful Memory In Aging Mice
An anonymous reader writes "German neuroscientists made a breakthrough in 'age-related cognitive decline', a common condition that often begins in one's late 40s (especially declarative memory — the ability to recall facts and experiences). Their new study identifies a genetic 'switch' for the cluster of learning and memory genes that cause memory impairment in aging mice. By injecting an enzyme, the team 'flipped' the switch to its on position for older mice, giving them the memory and learning performance they'd enjoyed when they were young. Now the team ultimately hopes to recover seemingly lost long-term memory in human patients." The video, which explains the gene flipping mechanism, is worth a watch (2:18).
When I'm old I'll be able to recall how i misspent my youth. How depressing!
Of all the things I've lost; I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain
I was looking forward to an old age filled with pleasant memories of my many moon landings, that time I helped a young Jewish girl hide from the Spaniards, my service in the Gulf of Afgiraq, and my sexual exploits with Morgan Fairchild. And now you're going to take that away from me?
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
but I'll say it again: never before in our history has there been such a good time as now to be a mouse!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
That's my age. I do notice it takes just a wee bit more effort to cram more stuff in my head than it used to. Other than that, I still enjoy my ability to recall ridiculous bits of obscure minutia that when viewed in total aren't enough to get me a good job, but are just enough to be annoying.
Seriously, though. My ability to commit stuff to memory and recall it *IS* one of my marketable skills. And anything that can help postpone the decline is welcome news.
Fixed that for you. Lemme guess... grammar and spelling aren't something you like committing to memory?
My blog. Good stuff (when I remember to update it). Read it.
Oh, now I know what switch instantly gets flipped to off when you first read slashdot...
That explains a lot...
wake up and hold your nose
I would say "way to be a jerk to the guy", but I figure he won't remember you doing it in 10 minutes anyway. ;-P
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Silence, Pinky, or I shall have to hurt you.
Actually, it's pretty easy for me to remember, I just used the same passwords/phrases/pin-numbers since 1985... ;^)
Posting anon for obvious reasons
Oh, I remember now...
That's my age.
Don't panic.
You can't take the sky from me...