linktylr

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by linktylr 15y ago
I wonder if intermittent fasting would be an effective deterrent of ALS through autophagy, though I highly doubt this would be of much good after the disease takes hold.
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by linktylr 15y ago
I'm not sure what you're getting at, but it's not necessary to change a protein's function in order for environmental factors to cause disease. A leaky gut combined with cross-reactivity or molecular mimicry is sufficient to cause autoimmun
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by linktylr 15y ago
"Not really. The real problem is that many claimed environmental/diet factors turn out to be statistical noise or complete bullshit when examined further." No doubt this is true, especially in the case of meat and saturated fat. Usually th
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by linktylr 15y ago
Under certain circumstances I believe this to be true, drugs will be a net positive (HIV comes to mind). However, we know that in most cases genes are not your destiny, it is the combination of genes and environmental triggers (such as die
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by linktylr 15y ago
Yes, I agree. If we can develop a drug, I'm all in favor of it and this certainly gets us closer to that goal. I'm simply arguing that the search for a wonder drug/magic bullet always seems to overshadow so called root causes. Noticeably
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by linktylr 15y ago
My dad also died of ALS last year. Identifying the cellular mechanisms underlying ALS is crucial. At the same time I'm disheartened by the conclusion of the researchers that this will pave the way to the development of drugs. Why is that
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by linktylr 16y ago
Agreed. Broad match ads necessarily include less targeted ad copy which will ding clickthrough rates. I'm fond of the "keyword trap" approach as described here http://www.clickequations.com/blog/2008/12/the-match-type-se... , but the same
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by linktylr 16y ago
Not to step on your toes glasner, as it is an easy mistake to make, but match type DOES NOT affect quality score. All keywords on phrase and broad match are judged ONLY on instances in which the search query precisely matches the keyword,
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by linktylr 16y ago
Because Boulder Startup Week is the poor man's SXSW and after leaving my job in September to go freelance and doing my taxes in April, I just realized that I'm a poor man.