Accera, Inc., a biotechnology company delivering therapies in central nervous system diseases, today announced further evidence for genetic interactions impacting the efficacy of the ketogenic compound AC-1202 (Axona(TM)) in Alzheimer’s disease.

New data from the company’s previously completed double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease demonstrates an interaction between two genetic markers that strongly influence the therapeutic response in patients. Dr. Samuel Henderson, Executive Director of Research, will present these results at the 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association.

It's not a secret to you if you have watched football for the last 40 years;  a guy once almost big enough to be a linebacker can't even be a safety today.   Elite athletes are getting bigger.

Specifically, while the average human has gained about 1.9 inches in height since 1900, new research showed that the fastest swimmers have grown 4.5 inches and the swiftest runners have grown 6.4 inches.

In a new analysis, Jordan Charles, an engineering student who graduated this spring, collected the heights and weights of the fastest swimmers (100 meters) and sprinters (100 meters) for world record winners since 1900. He then correlated the size growth of these athletes with their winning times.

Some people are smarter than others.   Even in a multicultural world where no one is better and everyone is equally ordinary, we secretly still know that some people are smarter (politically correct disclaimer -  others are just differently intelligent) than other people - but why that is has been a target of neuroscience for as long as it has existed as a discipline.

In a new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, Eduardo Mercado III from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, describes how certain aspects of brain structure and function help determine how easily we learn new things, and how learning capacity contributes to individual differences in intelligence.

With as many as 24 million people worldwide afflicted with dementia, researchers are looking for correlations in genetics, diet and environment.

Since many of these people live in low- and middle-income countries, the solution to reducing instances of dementia may be a cost-effective one:  more oily fish , according to a paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Calypso
The lonely nymph who waylays Odysseus for eight years on her island of Ogygia. Though the beautiful Calypso offers ease and even immortality, she is in fact selfish, caring only to alleviate her own loneliness. Watch out for self-serving kindness.

Cyclops
Polyphemus, the Cyclops, traps Odysseus and his crew in his cave and eats six men before Odysseus gets him drunk, blinds him with a wooden stake, and escapes with his remaining crew by hiding under sheep. Polyphemus, with his one eye, represents a person with only one point of view. Beware: If you are monofocused and that monofocus fails, you are SOL, just like Polyphemus.

HORSHAM, Pennsylvania, July 13 --

- Powerful Features and Enhancements are Empowering Organizations around the
Globe with Advanced Capabilities that are Setting a Higher Standard for the
Service Industry

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 14 --

- Brightcove launches 30-day free trial program to accelerate platform adoption
in Japanese market

LONDON, July 13 --

- GSMA Also Announces Call for Entries for the 4th Annual Asia Mobile Awards

The GSMA today announced that the CEOs of some of the world’s largest and
most influential mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China
Unicom, CSL, NTT DOCOMO, SoftBank Mobile, Telenor and Zain will deliver keynotes
at the 2009 Mobile Asia Congress to be held 18-19 November 2009 at the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre. The GSMA also announced that it is now
accepting nominations for the 2009 Asia Mobile Awards, which will be presented
at the Mobile Asia Congress.

VIENNA, July 14 --

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) presented information
this week at the Alzheimer Association 2009 International Conference on
Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD 2009) from seven posters and one podium
presentation about the growing burden of care and costs associated with
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and how to measure them. This information sheds
light on the impact of AD, which, as the population ages, will place a
significant and increasing burden on patients, families, and caregivers, as well
as public health systems worldwide. The costs of Alzheimer’s disease are
difficult to estimate, highlighting the importance of the information presented.

MCLEAN, Virginia, July 15 --

Kai Peters, dean/director, Ashridge Business School, United Kingdom, has been
selected as 2009-10 chair of the board of directors for the Graduate Management
Admission Council (GMAC).

Peters, whose term of office runs through July 1, 2010, leads a 14-member board
that includes representatives from academe and industry in 19 countries. The
board sets strategic goals and guides the nonprofit education organization,
which has a membership of 177 leading graduate business schools worldwide. GMAC
also owns the GMAT exam, used by more than 4,600 business programs and almost
2,000 universities as part of the admission process.