PROVO -- Alzheimer's kills. First, it eats the minds of its victims, leaving them with nothing more than the scraps of memories. Then, when there's nearly nothing left, it takes the sufferer's life.

But new research from Brigham Young University and several other universities shows how researchers are fighting back to kill the common disease.

The study argues that people with a rare variant of a gene are significantly more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease at some point in their lives. It relied on genetic information from more than 25,000 people and was a collaboration between BYU, University College London, Washington University and the National Institutes of Health, among other institutions.

At BYU, geneticist John Keoni Kauwe explained that the gene in question -- officially called TREM2 -- normally regulates immune system responses in the brain. When it gets damaged, it may increase a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease "between two and sixfold."

"It has just huge effects on risk," Kauwe added.

Kauwe explained the concept by comparing genetics to a new recipe book that might get ruined if actually used in the kitchen. Rather than mess up the book, he pointed out, a chef might make a photocopy.

"DNA is made into RNA, which is kind of like taking a nice photo copy of your recipe book," he said.

The RNA then gets made into a protein, Kauwe said, which is like the final cake the cook might have made from the original recipe. Except that in some cases, a person's genes produce an "Alzheimer's cake," or a set of genes with a variant that dramatically increases risk of developing the disease.

"Some people carry a version of this gene that doesn't work very well," he said.

According to Kauwe, knowing about the gene should make it easier and more accurate to predict if a person is likely to get Alzheimer's disease. He said the variant gene is present in about 1 percent of Alzheimer's cases, which means a lot of actual people with the disease.

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Maverick physicist James McCanney returned to discuss the Stardust mission as well as the many Planet X-type objects in the solar system. We don #39;t have enough astronomical data or equipment to detect or pinpoint the orbits of such Planet X bodies, he declared, but the larger ones may travel with entourages that include comets. Sources such as the Kolbrin Bible describe ancient catastrophes that McCanney associates with the passage of these objects, which he estimates have neared Earth around five times in the last 10000 years. Undoubtedly, we #39;ll be faced with the arrival of one of these objects again, he said, arguing that our time and resources should be focused on making large segments of the population spacefaring, so that humanity could survive a potential extinction event. He envisions hundreds of tubes bundled together as rotating cities that propel themselves out into space. Though he lauded the engineering success of the Project Stardust mission, McCanney expressed concern over possible contamination and viral danger from the retrieved particles and recommended that the materials be handled at a space lab instead. Richard C. Hoagland phoned in briefly, suggesting that NASA may have secretly swapped out the particles at the Utah landing site. Stardust Prophecy Appearing during the second half of the first hour, author William Henry shared his mythological interpretation of project Stardust. He believes the NASA mission may have prophetic implications, and that ...From:DiscloseTruthTVViews:10 1ratingsTime:01:17:48More inEducation

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After that long turkey-induced sleep, heres to some good science. This weeks picks includes an emotional piece about a dad, synthetic biology as the sci-fi extension of genetic engineering, astronomy in China and much much more (including one Thanksgiving-themed post).

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Science is more than lab work and journals but we tend to forget this sometimes. Pete Etchells in his SciLogs.com blog, Counterbalanced, pens a wonderful wonderful piece about his father, who has been his inspiration to pursue a career in research. Petes blog post is moving and is a must-read because it showcases another aspect of science: humanity.

Why I hate neurons So why did my Dad also inspire an irrational hatred of neurons? Because fourteen years ago today, on a freezing, dark, miserable day in November, my Dad died, two years after being diagnosed with a form of Motor Neuron Disease (MND) called Progressive Muscular Atrophy.

In BuzzFeed this week, Allison McCann has a delightful feature about synthetic biology which she describes as the science fiction-like branch of genetic engineering. Allison goes on to give a good account of the field and the challenges synthetic biologists face as they go all mad scientists on us.

How To Code A Life Synthetic biology the science fiction-like branch of genetic engineering hopes to automate programs used to engineer organisms that could produce better drugs and cleaner fuels. But can open-source science really succeed? Synthetic biologists write code. But when their code is compiled, it doesnt become an app. It becomes, or at least changes, life.

Nadia Drake explores Chinas ambitions in the field of astronomy while on a visit to the country. Writing in the December issue of Science News, Nadia dwells a little bit into Chinas impressive beginnings in the field and how it suddenly all went bad. Now, China is playing catch up but with proper backing, it looks set to push the frontiers of astronomy even further relatively soon. An exceptional #longread.

Onward and Skyward High in Beijings sky, the August sun glows red by midafternoon, a star struggling to illuminate Chinas crowded capital from above the dust and pollution. Im in the city along with 3,200 astronomers for the International Astronomical Unions two-week General Assembly meeting. Its the first time the IAU has convened the assembly in China, an important milestone for a country attempting to reclaim its former astronomical significance.

Jon Tennant (interviewed this week on this blog), blogging in his European Geosciences Union blog, Green Tea and Velociraptor, has an excellent post about geoscience in the news. Jon dissects a recent paper which not only points out the negatives of the medias portrayal of geoscience but also suggests future actions that can be both journalists and researchers.

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GENETICS PENETRANCE QUESTION
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Kids Migraines- What a Pain!
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It Takes More Than Talent To Be Great
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Grow Update 10-17-12 45 Days in to flower Part 1
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Codon Houben
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Main Show Only - Lost Civilizations and Races - Coast to Coast AM
Date: 05-16-12 Host: George Noory Guests: Patrick Chouinard Independent researcher, Pat Chouinard, discussed his work investigating the myths and traditions of ancient civilizations, why he believes they were actually real, and how archaeological discoveries suggest there were different species of humans roaming the planet in the past. He refuted the popular paranormal theory that ancient legends about #39;gods #39; are actually references to aliens. On the contrary, Chouinard contended that these tales are factual and that advanced, god-like beings as well as monsters and dragons are "true in the truest sense of the word." Over the course of the evening, Chouinard also talked about Caucasian mummies discovered in China, ET artifacts on Mars, and his belief in a "cosmic God," which oversees all of the universe. Chouinard detailed the intriguing findings revealed by the discovery of an ancient species of human dubbed the #39;X-Woman of Siberia. #39; According to him, genome information gleaned from the bones showed that it possessed the capacity for high intelligence and was neither neanderthal nor homo sapien. Based on the genetics, Chouinard described them as giants, compared to their bipedal contemporaries, and said that they looked like a cross between modern humans and the progenitors of the neanderthals. He theorized that the Siberian discovery, as well as finds in the country of Georgia and the #39;hobbits #39; of Flores, suggest that the cradle of human civilization may have actually ...From:C2CVAULTViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:16:48More inEducation

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Sasquatch Existence Confirmed With DNA Science
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