Unconscious biological roots of xenophobia and anti-immigration

Unconscious biological roots of xenophobia and anti-immigration

Immigration has become one of the most controversial and vitriolic issues of recent times, whether concerning illegal immigration of Mexicans into the US; economic migrants throughout the European Union; or refugees fleeing starvation or draconian political regimes...
Alison Feder wins 2017 Omenn Prize

Alison Feder wins 2017 Omenn Prize

  The International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health has just announced the winner of the 2017 Omenn Prize. It is Alison Feder, and her colleagues, of Stanford University, for their paper in eLife titled “More effective drugs lead to...

Nature Outlook: Special issue on inflammatory bowel disease

There is a special issue of Nature Outlook on IBD flagged up today which is Open Access. Several of the articles could be of some interest to evolutionary medics who are interested in the gut microbiota and commensal helminths and their role in modulating the human...