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Jul 07 2009

Coming Soon: Photographic Memory in a Pill?

Posted by Chris Williamson in Accelerating Change, Genetics, Longevity, Medical Advances

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Wish you had a photographic memory? Well, Encyclopedia Brown, drugs may amp your brain up to that point soon. A group of Spanish scientists claim to have singled out a protein that can extend the life of visual memory significantly. When the production of the protein was boosted in mice, the rodents’ visual memory retention increased, from about an hour to almost 2 months. more>>>

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