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Study: Young blood reverses some effects of aging
Blood from young mice improved learning and memory in older mice, and increased connections between their brain cells It is rumoured that the late Kim Jong-il would inject himself with blood from healthy young virgins in a bid to slow the ageing process. Remarkably, the North Korean dictator might have been onto…
Stanford scientists design first virtual organism
A team of scientists at Stanford University has created the first computer model of an organism, NBC News reports. The model was based off of a microbe, Mycoplasma genitalium, that causes sexually transmitted diseases. Though it only contains 525 genes – a human being, by comparison, has more than 20,000…
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