The first CyanogenMod phone, the Oppo N1 CyanogenMod Edition, is shipping now
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Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga Comes To iOS
I have some very good news for Lego fans, Star Wars fans, and those who own an Apple device that has been updated with at least iOS 6. It seems that “a galaxy far, far away” has now decided to take up residence in the app store. That’s right, fans can now download Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga onto their iPhones, iPads, and more. The game is free to download, but users should be aware that only the first episode (The Phantom Menace) is completely free to play. Once you complete that chapter, you have to fork over $14.99 to play the rest of the series. If you break down that price, it comes to right around $2.99 for each subsequent episode, which may or may not make it more justifiable for you to purchase. To me, it seems like such a small price to pay to carry around the entire Star Wars universe in your pocket.
A Galaxy Not So Far Away Anymore…
The Lego Star Wars games have proved to be major successes in the video game world over the years. Who would’ve originally thought that joining Lego and Star Wars would lead to Lego joining forces with Harry Potter, Superman, Batman, the Avengers, and the Pirates of the Caribbean? It seems that Lego is willing to go just about anywhere Hollywood decides to go these days.
Having played through the Lego Star Wars complete series on the Wii, I can vouch that it is a very fun and entertaining game to play. In fact, it might even be easier to play on a phone or a tablet than on the Wii. Nothing beats getting to play as Lego Obi-Wan Kenobi as he avenges Qui-Gon Jinn at the end of the Phantom Menace.
If you’d like to download Lego Star Wars: The Complete Series, you can click here. As of right now, it’s only available for iOS devices.
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Cause Of Aging Reversed In Mice, Humans Next
Let’s face it, none of us want to get old. Over recent years we’ve seen a real push from medical researchers, trying to reduce disease and finding ways of making us live longer.
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia and Harvard Medical School have been working together on a project that restores communication within animal cells, possibly reversing the aging process. So far the studies have been carried out using mice but the researchers hope to begin human clinical trials in 2014.
The researchers have restored communication between a nucleus and a cell’s mitochondria. Mitochondria are basically what powers the cell by generating chemical energy so that key biological functions can be carried out by the body. It’s when communication breaks down between these two parts that aging begins to speed up.
By restoring this communication, David Sinclair who is based at Harvard Medical School, discovered that aging was not just slowed down but could actually be reversed. The benefits of this are numerous, with the possibility for treating cancer, type 3 diabetes, inflammatory and mitchondrial diseases, just to mention a few.
Aging is caused by a decline in the chemical NAD, so by increasing the amounts of a compound used by the cell to produce NAD, the mitchondrial function could be repaired quickly.
“It was shocking how quickly it happened,” co-author Dr Nigel Turner, an ARC Future Fellow from UNSW’s Department of Pharmacology says. “If the compound is administered early enough in the aging process, in just a week, the muscles of the older mice were indistinguishable from the younger animals.”
The researchers not only gave the compound to older mice but also to younger ones. These young mice became “supercharged” in some aspects, suggesting that the compound could benefit the young and healthy as well as the old and infirm.
Before the human clinical trails begin, the researchers are now examining what the long-term outcomes are as a result of the NAD-producing compound in the mice and whether it gives them longer, healthier lives or not.
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SOURCE: http://www.gizmag.com/aging-reveresed-mitochondria/30209/
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