Do we expect the body to be a “One Hoss Shay”?

In an 1858 humorous poem The Deacon’s Masterpiece, or the Wondeful One Hoss Shay, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. described a carriage so artfully constructed as to have no weakest link. The carriage ran smoothly for exactly a hundred years, and then one day it went...

The disappearing human microbiota

What are the consequences of the disappearing human microbiota? by Martin J. Blaser and Stanley Falkow in Nature Reviews Microbiology   doi:10.1038/nrmicro2245 Who are we? From prions and organelles up through neighborhoods and nation-states, we are groups...

Early Development and Reproductive Health (Workshop report)

Early Development and Reproductive Health in Later Life One of five workshops in a conference on Evolution and Diseases of Modern Environments Organized by Randolph Nesse, at the Berlin Charité,  October 13-14, 2009 In conjunction with The World Health Summit...

Diet and Nutrition Workshop Summary Notes

Summary Notes: Diet and Nutrition Workshop Workshop Rapporteurs: Jay T Stock (U Cambridge) Claudia R Valeggia (U Pennsylvania) Workshop Leader: William R Leonard (Northwestern) One of five workshops in a conference on “Evolution and Diseases of Modern...