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They found that when the mice ingested moderate amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon wine -- the mouse-equivalent of a six-ounce glass -- the animals had better memory ability and less of the protein building-blocks that lead to amyloid plaques in the brain.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Does Alcohol Help Prevent Alzheimer's? M.D. Gary W. Small 2012
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“A human still needs to pick the appropriate building-blocks and framework, as well as give words and interpretation to laws found by the computer,” says Schmidt.
The artificial scientist ewillett 2009
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They found that when the mice ingested moderate amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon wine -- the mouse-equivalent of a six-ounce glass -- the animals had better memory ability and less of the protein building-blocks that lead to amyloid plaques in the brain.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Does Alcohol Help Prevent Alzheimer's? M.D. Gary W. Small 2012
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They found that when the mice ingested moderate amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon wine -- the mouse-equivalent of a six-ounce glass -- the animals had better memory ability and less of the protein building-blocks that lead to amyloid plaques in the brain.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Does Alcohol Help Prevent Alzheimer's? M.D. Gary W. Small 2012
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“A human still needs to pick the appropriate building-blocks and framework, as well as give words and interpretation to laws found by the computer,” says Schmidt.
The artificial scientist ewillett 2009
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They found that when the mice ingested moderate amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon wine -- the mouse-equivalent of a six-ounce glass -- the animals had better memory ability and less of the protein building-blocks that lead to amyloid plaques in the brain.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Does Alcohol Help Prevent Alzheimer's? M.D. Gary W. Small 2012
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They found that when the mice ingested moderate amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon wine -- the mouse-equivalent of a six-ounce glass -- the animals had better memory ability and less of the protein building-blocks that lead to amyloid plaques in the brain.
Gary W. Small, M.D.: Does Alcohol Help Prevent Alzheimer's? M.D. Gary W. Small 2012
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You can run an electrical current through a chemical bath and synthesize the basic amino acids that form the building-blocks of human life.
Serendipitous Connections Megan McArdle 2010
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Thus, in a realistic sense, I feel it is these societies that must act as the building-blocks for world peace.
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These bilateral agreements are increasingly stumbling-blocks, not building-blocks for easier multi-party commerce.
State Capitalism: Free Trade's Real Enemy Marc De Vos 2010
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