The COVID-19 pandemic is a dramatic demonstration of evolution in action. Evolutionary theory explains much of what has already happened, predicts what will happen in the future and suggests which management strategies are ...
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A tumor is often made up of different cells, some of which have changed—or evolved—over time and gained the ability to grow faster, survive longer and potentially avoid treatment. These cells, which have an "evolutionary ...
Feb 7, 2020
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Women who have experienced childhood trauma become mothers earlier than those with a more stable childhood environment, according to a new study conducted by the University of Turku and the University of Helsinki in Finland. ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Computational models developed by USC researchers show adaptively controlling tumor cell populations to keep them in competition can more effectively treat cancer.
Jun 15, 2020
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Progress in reducing cardiovascular disease is stalling in the United States. Development of new ways of preventing and treating cardiovascular disease has proved frustrating recently with several trials of promising interventions, ...
Jun 12, 2019
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Young babies make many squeals, vowel-like sounds, growls and short, word-like sounds such as "ba" or "aga." Those precursors to speech, or protophones, are later replaced with early words and, eventually, whole phrases and ...
May 31, 2023
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Men have shorter life expectancy than women, in part due to the higher rates of heart disease among men. To address this disparity, heart disease is now being considered with the well-established evolutionary biology theory ...
Oct 3, 2019
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Maybe you too have bought into the idea that men with numerous sexual partners are actually admired, while women with the same are condemned—the so-called sexual double standard. But that turns out to be a myth, according ...
May 16, 2023
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Cancer was the second leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020. Although billions of dollars have been poured into cancer research, the results are still disappointing for many patients who pay hundreds of thousands of ...
Nov 17, 2021
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Our noses perform important functions every day of our lives, but we often only notice when disease changes how they work.
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