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...

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

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

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...