- Audrey Vernon is today the pen of The enchanted fight. She is interested in the new Minister of Ecological Transition.
After the declaration of Agnès Pannier-Runacher: “ Anticipating what a world at +4°C would be like is not being alarmist, it is being responsible », Audrey Vernon explores the solutions to prepare for such a world: becoming a member of an indigenous people, or… becoming a billionaire.
- To the One of scienceOlivier Monod, daily science journalist Release tells us about neurogenesis.
The study carried out by Anne Brunet, which Olivier Monod shares with us, looked at the possibility of creating new neurons in adults. This would be a great hope for treating the consequences of a stroke or delaying cognitive aging.
The researcher identified 300 genes that could explain the drop in stem cell activity between young and older mice. By inhibiting the expression of a gene transporting glucose, old cells in mice regained their youth. It is often said that sugar is bad for your health and this study offers the beginnings of an explanation of the underlying mechanisms.
However, the brain remains a complicated tangle of neurons and we do not yet know the implications of creating new ones. However, biology could be experiencing a form of revolution, according to Pierre-Marie Lledo, director of neuroscience at the Pasteur Institute.
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