Does disrupting the skin microbiome cause cancer?

Does disrupting the skin microbiome cause cancer?

Skin cancer rates are high and going higher even though we are spending less time outside than our ancestors, and despite defenses shaped by selection including pigmentation, tanning and induction of DNA repairases.  An open access article that just appeared in...
Core Principles of Evolutionary Medicine

Core Principles of Evolutionary Medicine

Grunspan, D. Z., Nesse, R. M., Barnes, M. E., & Brownell, S. E. (2018). Core principles of evolutionary medicine. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2018(1), 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox025 This study used the Delphi method to help 37 world experts...
Postdoc Research Associate in Evolution & Medicine Education

Postdoc Research Associate in Evolution & Medicine Education

The Center for Evolution and Medicine at ASU has an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolution & Medicine: Evolution education and curriculum development in evolutionary medicine Reference #12284  Full-time Salary $48,000 The Center for...
TriCEM  Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute June 3-9

TriCEM Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute June 3-9

TriCEM is now accepting applications for the Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI), to be held at Duke from June 3-9, 2018. The application can be found here, and is due by March 1, 2018. The workshop will introduce core evolutionary perspectives to a wide...