A well-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease triggers a cascade of signaling that ultimately results in leaky blood vessels in the brain, allowing toxic substances to pour into brain tissue in large amounts, scientists report May 16 in the journal Nature.
Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found just such a specimen – the fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant that lived in what is now Colombia.
A replacement has been appointed to fill the Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner position vacated by Clark "Click" Bishop when he retired in March.
United States Coast Guard was notified this morning, May 17, that a crew-member aboard the 310-foot Gordon Jensen, a processor taking part in the 2012 Togiak Herring season, collapsed at approximately 3:30 am.