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Evolutionary Medicine
Evolutionary Medicine: Evolutionary medicine, sometimes called Darwinian medicine, is the field at the intersection of evolution and medicine. It is the application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease. Modern medical research and practice have focused on the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying health and disease, while evolutionary medicine focuses on the question of why evolution has shaped these mechanisms in ways that may leave us susceptible to disease. The evolutionary approach has driven important advances in our understanding of cancer, autoimmune disease, and anatomy.
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FEB 04, 2023Coronavirus
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2023Plants & Animals
A new study finds that squirrels who have a larger litter do better in terms of reproductive fitnessWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 17, 2023Health & Medicine
A new study argues that the way the different parts of the brain in humans and Neandertals learn similarly.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 04, 2023Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for human evolution research--read on for the top discoveries of the past year.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 03, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization, antimicrobial resistance is among the top ten global health threats facing h ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 19, 2022Health & Medicine
A new study suggests that Denisovan DNA helps Papuans with immune response.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattDEC 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
About 10,000 years ago in an area of the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent, humans began to settle as farmers in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2022Earth & The Environment
A hallmarking characteristic of being human is cooking food, and new research pushes back the origins of cooking by 600, ...Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattNOV 16, 2022Earth & The Environment
An important ichthyosaur fossil was destroyed in WWII, but researchers have recently found 2 casts of the missing fossil ...Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattNOV 09, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The tree of life has three branches: archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes include complex organisms, including ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
While the Neandertals have gone extinct, their DNA still lingers in the genome of modern humans, where it can help or ha ...Written By: Amielle MorenoNOV 04, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
We learn that we inherit two copies of every gene, one from each of our parents, but the story is a bit more complex.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have recently identified a genetic mutation that causes epilepsy, and carried by at least 90 people. These mu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2022Neuroscience
Scientists discovered the brains of new fathers undergo physical changes according to a study published in Cerebral Cort ...Written By: Kerry CharronOCT 21, 2022Coronavirus
The genome of the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is very small. But it encodes for more than just the spike pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2022Plants & Animals
A new study uses zinc isotope analysis to determine whether Neandertals from the Iberian peninsula were carnivores.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattSEP 28, 2022Microbiology
We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Parasitic whipworm eggs have been isolated from fossilized human fecal samples that were estimated to be over 7,000 year ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2022Microbiology
New research has suggested that bacteria that live in the human mouth could work as model organisms that can help us fin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2022Neuroscience
Emory University researchers decoded images from a canine brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to re ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 21, 2022Plants & Animals
Protein creation is essential to the normal function of healthy cells. Proteins help communicate key information to vari ...Written By: Ryan VingumSEP 13, 2022Microbiology
H5N1 was first detected in 1996 in poultry in China's Guangdong province. Since then it has led to several outbreaks tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2022Neuroscience
A study published in Current Biology found that fruit flies have internal sensors, or “absolute heat” recept ...Written By: Kerry Charron
FEB 04, 2023
Coronavirus
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2023
Plants & Animals
A new study finds that squirrels who have a larger litter do better in terms of reproductive fitness
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 17, 2023
Health & Medicine
A new study argues that the way the different parts of the brain in humans and Neandertals learn similarly.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 04, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for human evolution research--read on for the top discoveries of the past year.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 03, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the World Health Organization, antimicrobial resistance is among the top ten global health threats facing h
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 19, 2022
Health & Medicine
A new study suggests that Denisovan DNA helps Papuans with immune response.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
DEC 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
About 10,000 years ago in an area of the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent, humans began to settle as farmers in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2022
Earth & The Environment
A hallmarking characteristic of being human is cooking food, and new research pushes back the origins of cooking by 600,
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
NOV 16, 2022
Earth & The Environment
An important ichthyosaur fossil was destroyed in WWII, but researchers have recently found 2 casts of the missing fossil
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
NOV 09, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The tree of life has three branches: archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes include complex organisms, including
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
While the Neandertals have gone extinct, their DNA still lingers in the genome of modern humans, where it can help or ha
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
We learn that we inherit two copies of every gene, one from each of our parents, but the story is a bit more complex.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have recently identified a genetic mutation that causes epilepsy, and carried by at least 90 people. These mu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2022
Neuroscience
Scientists discovered the brains of new fathers undergo physical changes according to a study published in Cerebral Cort
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 21, 2022
Coronavirus
The genome of the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is very small. But it encodes for more than just the spike pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2022
Plants & Animals
A new study uses zinc isotope analysis to determine whether Neandertals from the Iberian peninsula were carnivores.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
SEP 28, 2022
Microbiology
We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Parasitic whipworm eggs have been isolated from fossilized human fecal samples that were estimated to be over 7,000 year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2022
Microbiology
New research has suggested that bacteria that live in the human mouth could work as model organisms that can help us fin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2022
Neuroscience
Emory University researchers decoded images from a canine brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to re
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 21, 2022
Plants & Animals
Protein creation is essential to the normal function of healthy cells. Proteins help communicate key information to vari
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 13, 2022
Microbiology
H5N1 was first detected in 1996 in poultry in China's Guangdong province. Since then it has led to several outbreaks tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2022
Neuroscience
A study published in Current Biology found that fruit flies have internal sensors, or “absolute heat” recept
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron