Ancient Urbanisation Predicts Genetic Resistance To Tuberculosis By: Ian Barnes, Anna Duda, Oliver Pybus, and Mark G. Thomas Just published in Evolution: DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01132.x Abstract: A link between urban living and disease is seen in recent and...
George C. Williams died on September 8, 2010 at the age of 84. Without him, there would be no field of Darwinian medicine. His influence was far broader, however. He made seminal contributions to our understanding of sex, senescence, menopause and much more....
Science 12 August, 2010: An allele that increases the risk of hypertension induced renal failure 10 fold, lyses Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and is more common in populations with exposure to sleeping sickness. Summary from This Week in Science Kidney disease is...
Concepts of evolutionary medicine and energy regulation contribute to the etiology of systemic chronic inflammatory diseases. By Straub RH. Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal...
Darwinian medicine: Does intensive care kill or cure? New Scientist, 11 August 2010 by Dan Jones We’ve evolved ways to come back from the brink of death – and doctors’ efforts to help may just be getting in the way NOTHING epitomises cutting-edge medicine...
