Evolutionary Medicine at the National Association of Biology Teachers
The National Association of Biology Teachers is the preeminent organization of high school and college biology teachers from throughout the country. The annual conference draws the most highly motivated and passionate teachers. It features hundreds of workshops but...
Did natural selection build in adaptive therapy for cancer?
A new article proposes that adaptive therapy for cancer has been there all along as one of the body's ways of preventing cancer. Thomas, F., Donnadieu, E., Charriere, G. M., Jacqueline, C., Tasiemski, A., Pujol, P., … Ujvari, B. (2018). Is adaptive therapy natural?...
Cancer transmission via the placenta
Greaves M, Hughes W. Cancer cell transmission via the placenta. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2018 Jan 1;2018(1):106–15. (open access Abstract: Cancer cells have a parasitic propensity in the primary host but their capacity to transit between individuals is...
Influenza and One Health 100 years after the Epidemic
Bailey, E. S., Choi, J. Y., Fieldhouse, J. K., Borkenhagen, L. K., Zemke, J., Zhang, D., & Gray, G. C. (2018). The continual threat of influenza virus infections at the human–animal interface. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2018(1), 192–198....
Job: Asst. Prof Medical Anthro at Baylor
This position will likely be ideal for someone interested in evolutionary medicine Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education’s...
Does competition reduce drug resistance?
Huijben, S., Chan, B. H., Nelson, W. A., & Read, A. F. (2018). The impact of within-host ecology on the fitness of a drug-resistant parasite. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2018(1), 127-137. Background and objectives: The rate of evolution of drug resistance...
Ticks, meat allergies, and modern dysbiosis
A most intriguing article by Moises Velasquez-Manoff showed up in this week's NY Times magazine. It starts with the new data showing that meat allergy can be precipitated by a tick bite. Alpha-gal (Galactose-alpha-1,3,-galactose) is present in other mammals but not...