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Low Levels of ‘memory protein’ may cause cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease
A new insight into the memory loss and cognitive decline seen during Alzheimer’s disease has been uncovered by an international team led by John Hopkins University. The team found a direct link between a decline in cognition and the presence of protein clumps in the brain called amyloid plaques, together with low levels of a protein known as NPTX2.
Caught a cold? Tweet it loud and clear
“This flu is horrendous. Can’t breathe, can’t sleep or eat. Muscles ache, hot fever. Should have gotten the shot. Time for a movie marathon.” Tweet… sent. Your 140 characters of misery are released into the world. Your friends, on their smartphones, scroll past with an eye roll, but somewhere in Boston, Massachusetts, a computer has found your tweet, singled it out from countless others, and is analysing the time and location data.
Where do we come from, where do we go?
We’ve put man on the moon, visited Pluto and Jupiter, and even managed to land a probe on a speeding comet. But when it comes to the origins of life, it might come as a surprise to learn that science doesn’t have all the answers. “We have a really sketchy understanding of what early Earth looked like” says Dr Matthew Powner of UCL. “There is no perfect geological record of how the earth looked 4 billion years ago, when the origin of life is expected to have taken place.
I,Science Interviews ExCiteS
I,Science Interviews ExCiteS What is citizen science? How do you adapt citizen science projects for communities who can’t read or write? What makes a good citizen science project? How can you get involved? I,Science’s Liz Killen speaks to Muki and Alice, the London-based experts at ExCiteS Citizen Science. Liz Killen is studying for an MSc in Science Communication.
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