The LigerCat-generated MeSH cloud for polar bear shown above is just one of the over 50,000 species specific clouds now displayed at the Encyclopedia of Life. If a species has been mentioned in the abstract or title of an article indexed by Medline, LigerCat – a PubMed exploration tool – is able to create a [...]

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The New York Times reported yesterday that drugs that simulate the effects of calorie reduction on aging are now under clinical trials. The drugs mentioned, resveratrol (the bioactive component in grapes and red wine) and small molecule activators of sirtuin are being tested in combination by Sirtris Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, MA. The article also describes [...]

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