But Liam can't catch his breath and he gets the hiccups:
05 January 2012
And when you laugh too much?
There's no such thing.
But Liam can't catch his breath and he gets the hiccups:
But Liam can't catch his breath and he gets the hiccups:
Man isn't poor if he still laughs
Liam got a new app this morning for vehicles. This one is Peekaboo Vehicles.
He loves cars and trucks and specifically likes the ones with wacky sounds. The sillier the better. This was his reaction the first time he played with this app:
He loves cars and trucks and specifically likes the ones with wacky sounds. The sillier the better. This was his reaction the first time he played with this app:
04 January 2012
Stem cells can help aging
There is no end to what these God designed amazing cells can do.
Real 'Benjamin Button'?
Stem cells reverse aging in mice
By Linda Carroll
Scientists may one day slow down aging with a simple injection of youthful stem cells. They’ve just proven this can be done in mice, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. The mice, which had been engineered to mimic a human disease called progeria, would normally have grown old when they were quite young. But that changed when researchers injected muscle stem cells from healthy young mice into the bellies of the quickly aging mice. Within days, the doddering and frail mice began to act like they were living the storyline of “The Strange Case of Benjamin Button” as they started looking and acting younger.
“It was mind boggling,” said study co-author Johnny Huard, a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “When I saw them I thought, ‘Oh my God, I must have made a mistake and put the normal mice in the wrong cage.’ But they were indeed the mice we’d injected with the stem cells.”
Normal mice live about two years, Hoard explained. But mice with progeria age very quickly and die by the time they are 21 days old. Somehow the muscle stem-cells from the younger mice managed to reverse that premature aging process – at least temporarily. The stem-cell injected mice didn’t live as long as normal mice, but they did survive about three times as long as would have without the treatment. Huard suspects if he re-injected the mice they would live even longer.
Huard and his colleagues aren’t exactly sure what’s happening, but they’ve got some theories. Scientists have discovered that we grow frail when our stem cells age and lose the ability to self-repair. These “tired stem cells” divide slowly, Huard explained.He and his colleagues suspect the same thing happens, just more quickly, in mice and people with progeria.“People with progeria look like they are in their 80s when they are 20 years old,” Huard said. “Their skin looks very wrinkled and old when they are very young.” One of the biggest surprises for Huard and his colleagues was the impact on the brain from muscle stem cells injected into the belly. Even though the cells didn’t get to the brain, they still improved its health.“The number of blood vessels in the brains of progeria mice are significantly reduced,” Huard said. “But when you inject stem cells from a normal mouse into the belly of the progeria mouse, the number of blood vessels increases.”That means that the normal stem cells must be releasing some kind of protein that spurs the growth of healthy cells, Huard said.
Huard can the big implications of his research.“There’s a lot of money being spent in the world trying to delay aging,” he said. “It would be fantastic if we can apply this to human beings. It’s a very simple approach.”Huard can’t say how far in the future this might be, but his group has been using muscle stem cells to repair damaged hearts, bones, and cartilage.One day it might be standard for people to stash away stem cells when they are young so they can use this fountain of youth elixir when they start aging, he said.
Real 'Benjamin Button'?
Stem cells reverse aging in mice
By Linda Carroll
Scientists may one day slow down aging with a simple injection of youthful stem cells. They’ve just proven this can be done in mice, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. The mice, which had been engineered to mimic a human disease called progeria, would normally have grown old when they were quite young. But that changed when researchers injected muscle stem cells from healthy young mice into the bellies of the quickly aging mice. Within days, the doddering and frail mice began to act like they were living the storyline of “The Strange Case of Benjamin Button” as they started looking and acting younger.
“It was mind boggling,” said study co-author Johnny Huard, a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “When I saw them I thought, ‘Oh my God, I must have made a mistake and put the normal mice in the wrong cage.’ But they were indeed the mice we’d injected with the stem cells.”
Normal mice live about two years, Hoard explained. But mice with progeria age very quickly and die by the time they are 21 days old. Somehow the muscle stem-cells from the younger mice managed to reverse that premature aging process – at least temporarily. The stem-cell injected mice didn’t live as long as normal mice, but they did survive about three times as long as would have without the treatment. Huard suspects if he re-injected the mice they would live even longer.
Huard and his colleagues aren’t exactly sure what’s happening, but they’ve got some theories. Scientists have discovered that we grow frail when our stem cells age and lose the ability to self-repair. These “tired stem cells” divide slowly, Huard explained.He and his colleagues suspect the same thing happens, just more quickly, in mice and people with progeria.“People with progeria look like they are in their 80s when they are 20 years old,” Huard said. “Their skin looks very wrinkled and old when they are very young.” One of the biggest surprises for Huard and his colleagues was the impact on the brain from muscle stem cells injected into the belly. Even though the cells didn’t get to the brain, they still improved its health.“The number of blood vessels in the brains of progeria mice are significantly reduced,” Huard said. “But when you inject stem cells from a normal mouse into the belly of the progeria mouse, the number of blood vessels increases.”That means that the normal stem cells must be releasing some kind of protein that spurs the growth of healthy cells, Huard said.
Huard can the big implications of his research.“There’s a lot of money being spent in the world trying to delay aging,” he said. “It would be fantastic if we can apply this to human beings. It’s a very simple approach.”Huard can’t say how far in the future this might be, but his group has been using muscle stem cells to repair damaged hearts, bones, and cartilage.One day it might be standard for people to stash away stem cells when they are young so they can use this fountain of youth elixir when they start aging, he said.
03 January 2012
Christmas Goodies
New year, new goals: Post more than once every two weeks.
Christmas was amazing. It went too fast, as usual, but we eeked out every last bit of the day that we could.
Liam got a new swing:
A laughing donkey:
A remote control car:
A singing Elmo:
And some clothes and other goodies including an iTunes gift card for fun new apps!
But Liam's favorite toy has been the donkey. He absolutely loves hearing this thing giggle.
Christmas was amazing. It went too fast, as usual, but we eeked out every last bit of the day that we could.
Liam got a new swing:
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| It's large enough that he has a lot of growing room. The big kids can actually swing in this thing. It goes up to 150 lbs! |
A laughing donkey:
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| This came from Hallmark and he doesn't have to press anything. He can just touch his hand over the belly and it giggles. It's perfect for special needs kids! |
A remote control car:
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| Another good one from FP it is a large car that he just has to touch the ball on the roof and it will go. |
A singing Elmo:
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| Liam loves Elmo and once we get this switch adapted he will be able to play with it by himself. For now he just tries to hug it. |
And some clothes and other goodies including an iTunes gift card for fun new apps!
But Liam's favorite toy has been the donkey. He absolutely loves hearing this thing giggle.
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