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Sex Reverses Cognitive Decline of Aging. At Least in Rats.

Posted on January 24, 2014 by David Dobbs · 3 Comments

From the lab of Liz Gould, who quite knows her neurogenesis; she’s one of those who proved a few years back that it occurs, despite insistence by many that it didn’t happen. Only tried on rats so far. But … encouraging results. More research is needed. Which is a good thing. Aging is associated with compromised […]

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Rats Shall Follow Ye, and Ye Shall Eat Them

Posted on November 25, 2011 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

The web’s delights abound and a-blend — rats among them. Last night I bumped into an 11-year-old Peter Hessler story about eating rats in Asia. (“‘Do you want a big rat or a small rat?’ the waitress asked.”) Fresh on the tasty tail of Hessler’s memorable meal comes Razib Khan, cribbing from a new paper on […]

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