Brian Egan

1 month ago | biorxiv.org | Franziska Pohl |Brian Egan |Daniel Schneider |Matthew Mosley

AbstractSodium is an essential nutrient, but it can be toxic in excess. In humans, excessive ingestion of dietary sodium is a prevalent cause of high blood pressure, which contributes to age-related diseases including stroke and heart disease. To elucidate how sodium levels influence animal aging, we used C. elegans, a powerful model system to study development and aging. Most experiments on this animal are conducted in standard culture conditions: Nematode Growth Medium (NGM) agar with a lawn of E.

Jan 20, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Jonathan Benson |Brian Egan |Eytan Fisch

Key Points Political transitions in the West notwithstanding, we expect economic sanctions to remain a key response to geopolitical issues. Current sanctions policy priorities are unlikely to shift markedly in the near term, and any efforts by the second Trump administration to modify U.S. sanctions against Russia could face political headwinds from Congress.

Jan 16, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Jonathan Benson |Brian Egan

Key Points Under the second Trump administration, the U.S. is expected to increase export control restrictions on China, particularly in the semiconductor sector, as well as to expand other China-related national security restrictions tied to U.S. investments, supply chains, cloud computing and AI modeling. Similar measures in Europe may not be forthcoming.

Nov 27, 2024 | abc6.com | Brian Egan

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Nov 13, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Jonathan Benson |Brian Egan |Eytan Fisch

The past weeks and months have brought about tremendous political change in the West, as we move toward a new U.S. administration, a new College of Commissioners in Brussels and a new Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union, while a new Labour government also continues to find its feet in London. Economic sanctions have increasingly become the go-to response to Russian aggression in Ukraine and growing economic and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and elsewhere.