Everyone in DC has been talking about the Washington Nationals’ new baseball stadium. One draw has definitely got to be the fact that they will be having Five Guys Hamburgers there. Yes it is unhealthy, but it is really good. Make sure that if you eat one, get plenty of exercise afterwards to kill all the calories.
Here is an article about all the food options in the new stadium
Another interesting development as US researchers say that therapeutic cloning has been successfully used to treat Parkinson’s
disease in mice
The study in Nature Medicine provides the best evidence so far that the controversial technique could one day help people with the condition.
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre team say it is the first time animals have been successfully treated with their own cloned cells.
UK experts said the work was promising and exciting development.
No rejection
In Parkinson’s disease, nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls muscle movement either die or become impaired.
Normally, these cells produce a vital chemical known as dopamine, which allows smooth, co-ordinated function of the body’s muscles and movement.
In therapeutic cloning, the nucleus of a cell is inserted into an egg with the nucleus removed.
This cell then develops into an embryo from which stem cells can be harvested and used as a treatment.
In this study, stem cells were developed into dopamine-producing neurons the missing nerve cells in Parkinson’s disease.
The mice that received neurons derived from their own clones showed significant signs of improvement.
But when these neurons were grafted into mice that did not genetically match the transplanted cells, the cells did not survive and the mice did not recover.
The researchers say the therapy is promising because, as the cells originally came from the animal that was ill, they were not rejected by its immune system.
‘Great hope’
Scientists are pursuing the use of stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease because it would allow the replacement of the dead dopamine-producing nerve cells with new, healthy cells.
This should restore the supply of dopamine within the brain and allow it to work normally again.
[...]He added: “Stem cell therapy offers great hope for repairing the brain in people with Parkinson’s.
“It may ultimately offer a cure, allowing people to lead a life that is free from the symptoms of Parkinson’s.”
Professor Robin Lovell-Badge, an expert in stem cell research at the National Institute of Medical Research, said this was good research which showed using therapeutic cloning could be beneficial.
“There was a very significant level of recovery.
But he added: “They only studied the mice for 11 weeks afterwards, which is not a huge amount of time to see how persistent the repaid would be.”
According to a study personality types identifiable in preschool children have lasting effects.
A new study in the Journal of Personality reveals the extent to which children’s personality types can predict the timing of key transitional moments between childhood and adulthood.
The study set out to examine whether childhood personality would predict the timing of important transitional events moving into adulthood, including leaving the parents’ home, establishing a romantic relationship, and entering the world of part-time work
Participants consisted of 230 children who were studied every year from their first or second year in preschool until age 12. After age 12, the sample was reassessed twice, at ages 17 and 23. Researchers led by Jaap Denissen of Humboldt-University Berlin assessed degrees of shyness and aggressiveness through parental scales and teacher reports.
Denissen tested the hypotheses on the predictive validity of three major preschool personality types. Resilient personality is characterized by above average emotional stability, IQ, and academic achievement. Overcontrol is characterized by low scores on extraversion, emotional stability, and self-esteem. Undercontrol is characterized by low scores on emotional stability and agreeableness and high scores on aggressive behavior.
The 19-year longitudinal study illustrated that childhood personality types were meaningfully associated with the timing of the transitions. Resilient males were found to leave their parents’ house approximately one year earlier than overcontrolled or undercontrolled children. Overcontrolled boys took more than a year longer than others in finding a romantic partner. Resilient boys and girls were faster in getting a part-time job than their overcontrolled and undercontrolled peers.
This portends for interesting developments in the future
Well, my Georgetown Hoyas disappointingly lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament to Davidson. What a disappointment, but congratulations to Davidson. Best wishes to Roy Hibbert who will moving on to the NBA next year!
I found it interesting that the HATED Boston Red Sox apparently have more fans in New York than the hometown Knicks. It is probably more because the Knicks have been horrible for so long
…and people of decency and human compassion howl in despair as this psychopathic killer has released yet another maniacal rant in his relentless attempt to sow the seeds of hatred and civilizational conflict while threatening to kill scores of innocent men, women and children of all faiths (including Muslim)
We need to remind everyone that more Muslims die from the violence inflicted from these people than any others. I also remind everyone that the 19 suicide hijackers killed over 200 Muslims on 9/11. All life is sacred, but I wanted to point out that these people are more dangerous to Muslims than anyone else. This is why the Muslims should be leading the fight against terrorism and extremism.
This is a very interesting development. We certainly do not want to develop a culture of ridiculous Jew hate in our faith
March Madness has begun and my Georgetown Hoyas having gone to the final four last year are looking to win it all this year as a #2 seed in the Midwest Regional!
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Mr Gates was here in the DC area this week
Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday he expects the next decade to bring even greater technological leaps than the past 10 years.
In a speech to the Northern Virginia Technology Council, Gates speculated that some of the most important advances will come in the ways people interact with computers: speech-recognition technology, tablets that will recognize handwriting and touch-screen surfaces that will integrate a wide variety of information. Read the rest of this entry »
