Microbiome mind control over food appetite

Microbiome mind control over food appetite

Back in 2014, Joe Alcock, Athena Aktipis and Carlo Maley co-authored a paper in Bioessays, titled “Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms.” In it they argued that gut microbes are...
Evolution for high-altitude living in present-day Tibetans

Evolution for high-altitude living in present-day Tibetans

There’s an interesting glimpse into recent human evolution in the latest edition of PLoS Genetics. It comes from a team of scientists whose corresponding author is Chad Huff, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. The paper is...
ISEMPH Early Bird Deadline April 14th!

ISEMPH Early Bird Deadline April 14th!

April 14 is the last day for reduced fee registration for the August 2017 Meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health in Groningen, Netherlands. ISEMPH members get a special further reduced rate, and those who also register for the...