Yaro`s girl Sammies bday ... Franny , Me , My sister Jamie , all celebrate early march birthdays and of course Scottio`s wife Lisa , who we surprised the heck out of on Sunday at Scotts parents house.
Had a nice weekend , hung with all the boys and girls + a longtime missing friend , DAVE !!!! Whats up Bruddah...we had a lot of fun ...We hit the old gardiners in levittown off the turnpike , which is been renamed for the 8th time or so....and then ended up at a bowling alley for Karaoke.
Invited my sister and her boyfriend out to party , very rarely done in our relationship , and we had a good time together...I think the rambunctious Lot of us might have overwhelmed Oscar (her boyfriend) a bit , but I think he enjoyed himself too.
Drank a bunch , laughed alot and of course the 4am diner trip ....
Laid around alot on Sunday until we hit the surprise party for lisa who strolled in unawares ,carrying a box of dunkin donuts , thinking it was gonna be a low key family dinner ...SURPRISE----yeah girl , you need a few more donuts than That !
Twas a good weekend...much needed
Kevin
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Nothing on this topic. I just wantedto post an article I found interesting and had no where else t put it.
TUESDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Rodents blinded by brain damage had their vision partially restored within weeks after being treated with nanotechnology developed by bioengineers and neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The findings provide evidence that similar strategies might someday work in humans.
"If we can reconnect parts of the brain that were disconnected by stroke, then we may be able to restore speech to an individual who is able to understand what is said but has lost the ability to speak," study co-author Rutledge G. Ellis-Behnke, research scientist in MIT's department of brain and cognitive sciences, said in a prepared statement.
This method uses an extremely tiny biodegradable scaffold that provides brain cells with a place to re-grow -- like a vine on a trellis -- in the damaged area of the brain. This is the first study to use nanotechnology to repair and heal the brain and restore function in a damaged brain region. The approach may one day help treat stroke patients and people with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries.
The findings appear online this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The study included young and adult hamsters with severed neural pathways. The animals were injected with a solution containing certain kinds of peptides (protein fragments) that create a mesh or scaffold of tiny, interwoven fibers. Brain cells are able to grow on this mesh.
Within about six weeks, the hamsters had regained useful vision and the adults' brains responded as well as the younger animals' brains.
"This is not about restoring 100 percent of damaged brain cells, but 20 percent or even less may be enough to restore function, and that is our goal," Ellis-Behnke said.
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