Genetics
How a gene called HAND2 may impact the timing of labor
A new study illuminates how a gene called HAND2 may have a hand in the timing of human labor.
Feb 22, 2021
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News tagged with evolutionary biologist
Genetics
Missing hybrid incompatibility gene my help unlock Darwin's 'mystery of mysteries'
Hybrid incompatibility – the failure of two closely related species to produce offspring capable of surviving and reproducing—has puzzled scientists from Charles Darwin, Thomas Hunt Morgan and Hermann Joseph Muller to ...
Mar 24, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experts sceptical that China travel curbs will be effective
International measures on travellers from China will likely have little effect on containing COVID, health experts said Tuesday, pointing to a surging variant in the United States that may pose a larger threat.
Jan 3, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New study views cancer treatment as a game to find strategies that improve patient outcomes
Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new strategies to improve outcomes in patients with metastatic cancer, according to a new article published online ...
Aug 9, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Therapeutic strategies based on evolutionary principles may improve patient outcomes
For over a century, cancer treatment research has primarily focused on developing new and better drugs. The introduction of new drugs, particularly in the past 20 years, has significantly improved patient outcomes when the ...
Jul 9, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Evolution and ecology inspire clinical research in infections and antimicrobial resistance
Taking an evolutionary view can inspire new ideas in clinical microbiology. For example, evolutionary studies can reveal why some antimicrobial dosing regimens are better than others in preventing the development of drug ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Health
Households including in-laws have fewer kids
Women who live with their own mother or their mother-in-law in the same household have, on average, fewer children than women who only live with their spouse. Martin Fieder and colleagues, evolutionary anthropologists from ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Fighting misconceptions through intentionally designed figures
Associate professor of psychology and human development, Laura Novick, and graduate student Jingyi Liu, have published a paper highlighting the importance of intentionally and thoughtfully designed figures to explain evolutionary ...
Nov 2, 2022
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