Although there is no way, yet, to revive dead brain cells, attempts are under way to use old Parkinson's disease drugs that boost levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine or mimic its effects.
By stringing together thousands of these so-called droplets (which measure about 50 microns across) using a custom-built 3D printer, the Oxford team believes it has engineered a "new type of material" that could eventually be used to ferry drugs throughout our internal systems to a specific target site, fill-in for damaged tissues or even mimic neural pathways via specially printed protein pores.
The theft is thought to have involved a phishing scam, whereby fraudsters stole password details by creating a bogus websites or messages that mimic legitimate ones.
In a section of the blog post that specifically calls out popular third party clients like Tweetbot and Echofon, it puts them in a zone of Twitter apps that it believes developers "should not build" since they mimic or reproduce the mainstream Twitter client experience.
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The researchers ruled out radiation as a possible cause of the apparent sex reversal but suggested environmental contaminants that mimic hormones or water temperature changes could be the culprits.
If you share our conviction that liquidity and transparency should remain of utmost importance for any investment, the best method to gain exposure to depressed gold prices is to buy the stocks of publicly traded gold-mining companies, which typically offer more upside potential than the underlying commodity or ETFs designed to mimic the spot price.
Rather than patenting and licensing their designs, developers ask each other permission to mimic an idea or do so on their own, sometimes using open-source technology.
The ETF only represents the underlying security or index it is designed to mimic.
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Now, Roger's being forced to reveal his unfinished work in hopes of attracting investors or unearthing another company that could mimic this sort of awesomeness en masse.
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Although the magnets are meant for adult use, the CPSC said they pose grave danger to youngsters who play with them and to teenagers who use them to mimic tongue, lip or cheek piercings.
The Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering project, or SPICE, is a British academic consortium that seeks to mimic the actions of volcanoes like Pinatubo by pumping particles of sulfur dioxide, or similar reflective chemicals, into the stratosphere through a twelve-mile-long pipe held aloft by a balloon at one end and tethered, at the other, to a boat anchored at sea.
Vanguard doesn't recommend to financial-planning clients a global bond fund or exchange-traded funds that could mimic a commodities strategy.
Remember that the symptoms of teething may mimic that of mouth sores or other infections so check with your pediatrician if your baby's pain lasts longer than a few days or if he has other symptoms such as fever, extreme fussiness or poor eating.
The soda companies also are working to develop zero- or low-calorie natural sweeteners that better mimic the taste of full-calorie sodas.
Whether whimsical, minimalist, or powerful, the various percussion styles effectively mimic the mood of each song on Ma Raison De Vivre Ton Amour.
Engineered geothermal systems (EGS) are based on a related principle, but they work even in parts of the world that are not volcanically active, by drilling thousands of metres underground to mimic the design of natural steam or hot-water reservoirs.
These are the funny-looking Swiss-made shoes that mimic the experience of walking barefoot in sand or on soft grass.
Many try to mimic specific investing methods, like global macro or fixed-income arbitrage.
This involves merging the light from two or more separate telescopes in such a way as to mimic a much larger telescope.
The 15-year-old travel agency generally caters to the Las Vegas crowd looking to mimic the expeditions of say, Paris Hilton or Britney Spears.
And there is no level or kind of controls that can make an inherently unstable system mimic a stable one.
From talking with a older version of ourselves, to having advertisements that are automatically populated with characters that mimic some of our physical characteristics to sell us soda or clothes.
You can read the interview here, but among other points, Chris notes how often SF fleet battles mimic some historical period on Earth, with spaceships resembling Napoleonic frigates, WWII submarines or modern American aircraft carriers.
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Other techniques aim to enhance marine cloud reflectivity by introducing sea salt aerosols in low clouds, mimic the effects of volcanic eruptions by injecting sulphate aerosols into the lower stratosphere, or place shields or deflectors in space to reduce the amount of incoming solar radiation.
Other software lets identical boxes mimic the features of either flavor that most storage systems come in: storage area networks or network-attached storage.
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