What a dog sees in a mirror...
When I had my bookstore, Baci Lounge in Newmarket, one of my favorite novels was ‘The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.’ This was a debut novel by David Wroblewski, in 2008. Oprah (who needs no surname) chose it for her book club and it became an instant New York Times bestseller. In this book, there is a passage about a mirror: “That mirror, that's one I hate to let go, he said. That was my daughter's the whole time she was growing up. It probably seen her more than me--everything fr
Mice tanning salons & Shar Peis - the ongoing fight against wrinkles...
Wondering how to stop you becoming grizzled, weathered and wrinkled - the aptly named, Granzyme B may be the key. Scientists have stumbled on an enzyme related to aging, especially photo-aging due to sunlight. Testing this theory, researchers found that certain mice -- those that were engineered to lack this enzyme - showed no outward sign of age, in spite of high UV exposure. Given 80 to 90% of visible skin aging is due to sunlight, the scientists built a rodent tanning sal
