SETI bioastro: FW: KurzweilAI.net Daily Newsletter

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Feb 20 2004 - 07:04:07 PST

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    >Biochemical clues to long lifespan
    >revealed
    >KurzweilAI.net Feb. 19, 2004
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    >Researchers at Children's Hospital
    >Boston have found that longer life
    >results, at least in part, from
    >biochemical interactions that boost
    >cells' ability to resist
    >environmental stresses while
    >inhibiting them from committing
    >suicide. The team found that the
    >Sir2 gene regulates a group of
    >proteins...
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    >Know your imitations
    >Guardian Feb. 19, 2004
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    >Traditional areas of AI have
    >already become mainstream, including
    >fuzzy logic, Bayesian statistics,
    >neural networks, and expert...
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    >Researchers Find a Type of Stem
    >Cell May Have the Ability to Repair
    >the Brain
    >New York Times Feb. 20, 2004
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    >Neural stem cells, whose function
    >has been a mystery, may have the
    >potential to repair brain damage or
    >disease, scientists reported in
    >Nature, Feb. 19. The cells form
    >ribbons of astrocytes, which produce
    >different types of brain cells,
    >including neurons. Found in the
    >lining of two fluid-filled...
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    >Cdn. researcher: Cells can grow on
    >silicon
    >cnews Feb. 19, 2004
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    >Researchers at the University of
    >Calgary have found that nerve cells
    >grown on a microchip can learn and
    >memorize information which can be
    >communicated to the brain. The
    >findings could help in the design of
    >devices that combine electronic
    >components and brain cells. That
    >includes controlling...
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    >Five Robots That Will Change Your
    >Life
    >Forbes.com Feb. 18, 2004
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    >For decades, science fiction has
    >been promising a future filled with
    >robots that will make the various
    >annoyances and dangers of life
    >easier or more bearable. But now a
    >new generation of robots--either
    >available now or in
    >development--will take on a whole
    >new range of tasks, and could...
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