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Doug Whitney carries a genetic mutation that guaranteed he would develop Alzheimer's disease in his late forties or early fifties. His mother and nine of her thirteen siblings died from the disease. His oldest brother died at 45. The mutation has decimated his family for generations. Whitney is now 76 and remains cognitively healthy. The New York Times has a fascinating long read on Whitney and things happening around him. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have studied Whitney for 14 years. They extract his cerebrospinal fluid and conduct brain scans during his periodic visits from Washington State. His brain contains heavy amyloid deposits but almost no tau tangles in regions associated with dementia. Tau accumulation correlates directly with cognitive decline. Whitney accumulated tau only in his left occipital lobe, an area that does not play a major role in Alzheimer's. Researchers identified several possibly protective factors in Whitney's biology. His immune system produces a lower inflammatory response than other mutation carriers. He has unusually high levels of heat shock proteins, which prevent proteins from misfolding. Scientists believe his decade working in Navy engine rooms at temperatures reaching 110 degrees may have driven this accumulation. He also carries three gene variants his afflicted relatives lack. His son Brian inherited the mutation and remains asymptomatic at 43. Brian received anti-amyloid drugs in clinical trials. Researchers published their findings on Whitney in Nature Medicine. They described the study as a call for other scientists to help solve the case.

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The bill, presented to parliament on Wednesday, would see those wearing the garment in shops, offices, schools and universities fined between £260 and £2,600.

Slow down there Andy; you wouldn't want to bump into any hallucinations

Despite ongoing concerns over the accuracy, reliability, and trustworthiness of AI in the enterprise, Amazon believes that if it can just make building agents easier for the average worker, they'll be automating the boring parts of their job in no time.…

The Friends actress, 56, pointed out that back then, parents did not really know how to look out for their kids during divorce as it was a different era. Her dad was soap star John Aniston.

As Declan Rice and Ben Davies led their teams out onto the turf, players stood alongside 22 fans who had been nominated to walk out as they showed representation of the faces of dementia.

Millie Grace Brian, 18, was found by her mother, Lucy, in her bedroom on December 21 last year, the day after she attended a Christmas party with her friends and family.

Dave W. Plummer, the Microsoft developer who created Task Manager and helped build Windows Product Activation, has revealed the origins of Windows XP's most notorious product key. The alphanumeric string FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 was not cracked through clever hacking but leaked as a legitimate volume licensing key five weeks before XP's October 2001 release. A warez group distributed the key alongside special corporate installation media. Windows Product Activation generated hardware IDs from system components and sent them to Microsoft for validation. The leaked volume licensing key bypassed this entirely. The system recognized it as corporate licensing and skipped phone-home activation. Users could install XP without activation prompts or 30-day timers. Microsoft later blacklisted the key.

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In 2025, no athlete relies on their winnings to keep them afloat. To succeed is to have a raft of brand endorsements and financial strings to your bow designed to outlast a brief playing career.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as England host Wales at Wembley in a friendly clash for the October international break.

In her final social media post, Amy Louise Leonard, 20, shared a video from the back of an ambulance.

A new spin on workflow automation as Chocolate Factory tries to displace Microsoft as the enterprise go-to

Google on Thursday announced the launch of Gemini Enterprise, a platform for automating business workflows using the company's Gemini family of machine learning models.…

How many times have you been sat having a coffee with a friend or loved one and noticed something was a little bit, well, off?Maybe they couldn't remember something you'd told them yesterday.

After arriving on the Sunday, they quickly set up camp and decided to go canoeing in the nearby Llyn Gwynant lake.

The victims were girls in the 1980s when they were victims of sexual abuse

The miscreants started their attack all the way back on July 10

The raid on Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) likely began as early as July - about three months before any public detections - with extortionists compromising "dozens" of organizations, a Google investigation has determined.…

The Internet Archive must block access to books in its Open Library project for Belgian users after negotiations with publishers failed. A Brussels Business Court issued a site-blocking order in July targeting several shadow libraries and the Internet Archive. A Belgian government department paused the order for the U.S. nonprofit and urged both parties to negotiate. The talks over recent weeks were unsuccessful. The Department for Combating Infringements of Copyright concluded last week that the Internet Archive hosts the contested books and has the ability to render them inaccessible. Publishers must supply a list of books to be blocked. The nonprofit then has 20 calendar days to implement the measures and prevent future digital lending of those works in Belgium. The order includes a one-time penalty of $578,000 for non-compliance and remains in place until July 16 next year. The Internet Archive operates Open Library by purchasing physical copies and digitizing them to lend out one at a time. Publishers previously won a U.S. federal court case against the project.

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A scholar has combined biblical texts, historical records and astronomical data to reveal the exact moment Jesus gave his final breath while nailed on the cross.

Kate chatted with individuals associated with the Oxford-based organisation, which is committed to promoting the welfare of families with children under five.

He said people's liberties are being reversed

The 35-year-old terrorist - who reportedly rang 999 and said 'I have killed two Jews in the name of Islamic State' - told one of his three wives about getting his licence on March 30.