Greece: Supreme Court asks for ‘Lagarde’ memory stick to be checked for tampering

In a document sent to the two financial prosecutors investigating the list, the court’s vice prosecutor Nikos Pantelis asked them to hand over the USB stick to the head of the police’s electronic crimes squad, noting that several press reports had noted that the squad has the ability to determine the exact date and time that the stick was tampered with and from which computer the intervention was carried out, which would help authorities to identify the perpetrator.
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Memory, Other Cognitive Functions May Be Restored By Reversing Alzheimer’s Gene ‘Blockade’.

MIT neuroscientists have shown that an enzyme overproduced in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients creates a blockade that shuts off genes necessary to form new memories. Furthermore, by inhibiting that enzyme in mice, the researchers were able to reverse Alzheimer’s symptoms.
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The spectre of 1932: How a loss of faith in politicians and democracy could make 2012 the most frightening year in living memory

The dawn of a new year is usually a time of hope and ambition, of dreams for the future and thoughts of a better life. But it is a long time since many of us looked forward to the new year with such anxiety, even dread.
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Surgery worsens patient memory: Swedish study

Many routine surgical procedures can result in patients suffering from memory loss and a lack of concentration, a Swedish-American study has shown. A dose of nicotine can be doctor’s orders after a Swedish-American study shows that possible memory loss after surgery can be prevented by using nicotine to reverse symptoms.
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