Evolutionary Perspective on Alzheimer’s Disease

Some evolutionary perspectives on Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis and pathology By Daniel J. Glass and Steven E. Arnold Alzheimer’s and Dementia doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.2408 Abstract There is increasing urgency to develop effective prevention and treatment...

Darwinian Dentistry

Darwinian Dentistry: An Evolutionary Perspective on Malocclusion, Part I By Kevin Boyd Journal of the American Orthodontic Society Nov/Dec 2011, p 34-39. This open access article argues that many modern dental problems, especially caries and malocclusion, arise from...

Report from Evolutionary Medicine Workshop in Warsaw

A Workshop on “Evolutionary Medicine” was held in Warsaw, Poland, October 22, 2010. It was organized by Grazyna Jasienska, and sponsored by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Evolutionary and Theoretical Biology and Institute of Environmental...

Model curricula for evolution and medicine under construction

The NSF funded National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), directed by Allen Rodrigo, has funded a Working Group of scientists and educators to develop model curricula aimed at infusing medical education with evolutionary thinking. The group, chaired by Mark...