Nutritional epigenetics, exercise, and immune system integrity
Anti-inflammatory mechanism of dieting and fasting revealed Summary: Researchers have found that a compound produced by the body when dieting or fasting can block a […]
Alzheimer’s
From deep time into real time: What evolutionary processes?
Rapid evolution of a native species following invasion by a congener Abstract excerpt: “…the lizard Anolis carolinensis moved to higher perches following invasion by Anolis […]
Nutrient-dependent memory
Vitamin D prevents cognitive decline and enhances hippocampal synaptic function in aging rats Reported as: Vitamin D in diet might ease effects of age on […]
Systems biology and memory disorders
Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program Reported as: Memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s reversed: Small trial succeeds using systems approach to memory disorders […]
Metabolism, fixation, health or neurodegerative disorder
“Shown is the location of the conserved regions encoding for the N-terminal chromo domain and the C-terminal MYST functional domain. An arrow denotes the position […]
Gut microbes and integrative neuroscience
Diverse Microbes in Hunter-Gatherers’ Guts Modern hunter-gatherers have more diverse microbiota in their guts than do urban Europeans, but lack a few notable species. By Kerry […]
Alzheimer’s, microRNAs, and olfaction
A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s? Circulating microRNAs could help doctors diagnose the neurodegenerative disease. By Jef Akst | July 30, 2013 Excerpt: “Testing the blood […]
Evolution at work sans random mutations (Part 2)
Mitochondrial-to-cell size ratio in HeLa cells links reproduction by fission in yeasts to the advent of sexual reproduction in yeasts via the same nutrient chemical-dependent molecular mechanisms that are important to cancer research.
Sex differences in Alzheimer’s and everything else
the logic of gene regulatory networks in adaptive evolution does not skip any species.
Nutrient mixture and memory in patients with early Alzheimer’s
the treatment with nutrient chemicals works as would treatment with pheromones, which are expected to alter the same hypothalamic neurogenic niche responsible for GnRH-directed changes in luteinizing hormone and hippocampal neurogenesis