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 When a person experiences a new event, the brain encodes a memory of it by altering the connections between neurons, which requires turning on many genes in those neurons. Now, MIT neuroscientists have identified what may be a master gene that controls this complex process.
The findings, described in the Dec. 23 issue of “Science,” not only reveal some of the molecular underpinnings of memory formation -- they may also help neuroscientists pinpoint the exact locations of memories in the brain. |
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Sheela Murthy has joined the board of directors of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Eastern Regional Medical Center. Cancer Treatment Centers of America is committed to helping people overcome cancer through integrative and compassionate cancer care. The CTCA mission is to heal the whole person, improve quality of life, and restore hope.
Murthy is the founder and president of the immigration practice, the Murthy Law Firm, which is dedicated to helping immigrants achieve their American Dream of living and working in this great country. |
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 Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School, has been selected as the 2012 INDIA New England Person of the Year.
The Person of the Year award is a new honor bestowed by INDIA New England and follows closely on the heels of the newspaper’s first ever “50 Most Influential People” list, which was released in the November edition. Nohria was also honored on this list and rose above his fellow honorees to be tabbed as “Person of the Year” for his work with Harvard in 2011. |
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Do you have trouble falling asleep at night, or staying asleep once you do fall asleep? If so, you are not alone. Millions of Americans suffer from some form of sleep disorder.
According to the USA Today, about 40 million Americans suffer from insomnia and an additional 30 million have intermittent sleep disorder. One in three individuals has periods of insomnia and one in 20 has persistent insomnia. This costs our economy more than $20 billion each year.
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In this article, I’ll be sharing with you the Winter Regimen or Ritu (Season) charya (activities or regimen) for the winter season.
Ancient treatises of Ayurved, describe two subjects (besides others) that are distinctly unique to this science -- one is Dinacharya or the Daily Regimen, and the other is Ritucharya or the Seasonal Regimen. |
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 Dinesh Paliwal, president, chairman and chief executive officer of audio-giant Harman, was recently honored by the American India Foundation for his corporate leadership efforts, but for him it is all in a days work and if his business efforts contribute in some way to a global economy of values like those AIF reflects he will be more than satisfied. |
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 According to the fifth annual MetLife Study of the American Dream, South Asian Americans show a slight shift in their view of the “American Dream.” This compares to a clear emergence of a less traditional and more personalized definition of the Dream among the general population. And while South Asian Americans remain far more confident about achieving the Dream than most Americans, pessimism is starting to creep in. |
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On the heels of his company's push into India, Edible Arrangements founder and chief executive officer Tariq Farid has high expectations for the subcontinent and is encouraged by the global initiative that has seen his Wallingford, Conn.-based, fresh-fruit arrangements chain expand to 15 countries and over 1,000 locations. |
| EMC Corp., which is headquartered in Hopkinton, Mass., has signed a deal with the Indian Institute of Science for research on data analytics and intelligence. According to the company, the partnership will help the company in increasing its intellectual property rights portfolio and contribute to the development of future products. All of the research and results that come as a result of the partnership will belong to EMC and the company plans to publish papers on the work.
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| Breaking News |
2/1/2012 Om P. Ganda, M.D., a physician and researcher at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, has been appointed a Commissioner of the Massachusetts Asian American Commission. Created by state legislation in 2006, the Asian American Commission’s goal is to recognize and highlight the vital contributions of Asian Americans to the social, cultural, economic and political life of the Commonwealth; to identify and address the needs and challenges facing residents of Asian ancestry; and to promote the well-being of this dynamic and diverse community and thereby, advance the interests of all persons who call Massachusetts home.
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| 1/31/2012 GetHired.com, a video-based social recruiting platform and job board, has raised $1.75 million in seed funding and launched its services online. GetHired.com is a free service that empowers job seekers to differentiate themselves in the hiring process by creating video and audio profiles to accompany their resume — while assisting potential employers with applicant discovery and management, according to the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company.
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| 1/30/2012 The U.S.-India Business Council has launched a week-long life sciences executive mission to India to coincide with Bangalore INDIA BIO from Feb. 6 to Feb. 8. USIBC President Ron Somers is leading the mission, which will explore ways for United States and Indian companies to enhance collaboration in innovation and biotech research and development.
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| 1/27/2012 Seva Search, a Washington D.C.‐based local search company founded by Gurpreet Singh, Manpreet Singh and Amandeep Bakshi, has closed its first round of outside funding – raising $1.3 million. Backing for the company comes from prominent investors, successful serial entrepreneurs, and top angels from North America, South America, Asia, and Europe, the company said.
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| Latest Blogs |
2/1/2012 I've been discussing foreign freedom investing for a decade now. In the spring of 2010, I used the term "Ring-of-Fire" to describe countries with a high debt and deficit and suggested avoiding them. A year later, I revisited that advice and counseled investors to continue tilting toward specific countries. Now at year end, I will review how freedom investing fared in 2011 and in the decade since 2002.
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| 2/1/2012 In my recent piece Reengineering Capitalism I highlighted a phenomenon that the global entrepreneurship ecosystem is paying very little attention to: Over 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected. Yet, the entire world is focused on the 1% that is “fundable.”
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