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Researchers Pinpoint Reason Infants Die From SIDS | BioSpace
Because memory loss and delayed recall of traumatic experiences had never been documented in the laboratory, some cognitive scientists adamantly denied that these phenomena existed23 or that retrieved traumatic memories could be accurate.24
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The longevity genes I work on are called “sirtuins,” named after the yeast SIR2 gene, the first one to be discovered. There are seven sirtuins in mammals, SIRT1 to SIRT7, and they are made by almost every cell in the body. When I started my research, sirtuins were barely on the scientific radar. Now this family of genes is at the forefront of medic... See more
Matthew D. LaPlante • Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
Dr. Jonathan Southard, Dr. Ying Long, Dr. Andrew Kolbert, Dr. Shri Thanedar, and I coauthored a paper titled “Presence of L-canavanine in Hedysarum alpinum seeds and its potential role in the death of Chris McCandless,” which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine in October 2014.
Jon Krakauer • Into the Wild
It's obvious when you're suffering from Bipolar I because of episodes of mania; it's less obvious when you're suffering from Bipolar II because of depressive episodes and hypomania, which appear to be more normal than depressive episodes when you are suffering from it. The inheritance rate for bipolar disorder in the general population is approxima... See more