Special Discount for ISEMPH meeting registration by June 30
An 80 Euro discount on meeting registration fees is available to readers of the EvMedReview who register by June 30 and use the code "ISEMPHFRIENDS" at checkout. The 2017 IEMPH Meeting in Groningen, Netherlands, August 18-21 offers rare opportunity to hear great talks...
Lactobacillus parafarraginis from yoghurt fights gram-negative bacterial pathogens
Here's an interesting little story from the annual American Society for Microbiology meeting that was held in New Orleans this past week. Scientists from Broderick Eribo's lab at Howard University have isolated a species of Lactobacillus from yoghurt that has...
Lessons from cancer risk in animals
I'd just like to draw everyone's attention to a very nicely written essay on evolution and cancer by Joshua Schiffman, in Mel Greaves' Darwin Cancer Blog. It is titled "Lessons from cancer risk in animals" and results from collaborative research with Carlo Maley....
EPSIG hears talks on inflammation and depression and the evolution of social cognition.
Last Friday, the Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest Group held a half-day meeting at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London and heard two talks of interest to anyone in evolutionary medicine. First up was Carmine Pariante, professor of biological...
Special offer from EMPH for ISEMPH and ESEB meeting registrants
Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health, the Oxford University Press flagship journal of ISEMPH, has announced a special opportunity. Author's fees are waived for those registered for the annual ISEMPH meeting or the ESEB meeting who submit an article as...
Microbial Darwinian Medicine workshop at Lorentz Center, August 14th to 17th 2017
Sandra Bream Andersen has just contacted us to let ISEMPH members know that the Lorentz Center in Leiden is hosting a workshop they think might be of interest to many, the full title of which is "Microbial Darwinian Medicine: A Workshop at the Interface of Medicine...
How In Vitro Stem Cell Evolution Threatens Regenerative Medicine
One of the areas of biomedical research currently drawing a great deal of attention is regenerative medicine. This approach depends on the use of human pluripotent stem cells (hPS) or induced human pluripotent stem cells (hiPS). There are many medically relevant uses...