More shattering news about cancer chromosomes

Back in 2011, in the journal Cell, Philip Stephens and a host of colleagues drawn mainly from the University of Cambridge and the Sanger Institute, published a dramatic account of extreme cancer evolution in a paper they titled “Massive Genomic Rearrangement Acquired...

Symposium on Evolution and Medicine October 14, 2016 at UCSD

From uniquely human ailments, to hunter-gatherer diseases, to the evolution of sleep disorders and chronic inflammation, the next CARTA symposium, “Implications of Anthropogeny for Medicine and Health,” will offer insights relevant to all humans and our origins. When:...

The New Antibiotic Mantra—“Shorter Is Better”

A report by Uranga, et al. of a randomized trial of 312  patients with pneumonia  published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine,  has found that continuing  antibiotics more than 5 days gives no additional benefit if the patient is stable and has been afebrile for 48...