Evolution… Evolution’s Worst Mistake? How About External Testicles? 23 May 201823 May 2018 Of course there’s an explanation (sperm like to develop at lower temperatures). But really: What intelligent designer could have come up with this? BY Nathan H. Lents @undark.org EVOLUTION is a work…
Cancer… Great reads: What a young man’s death means for childhood cancer 18 May 2018 Epigenetic discoveries are fuelling renewed interest in the fusion proteins that have bedevilled cancer biologists. Heidi Ledford | Nature On the day that her son Max was diagnosed with cancer, Ariella…
Evolution… Great Reads: Humanity’s Genes Reveal Its Tangled History 28 Mar 2018 Reality, it turns out, is more complex and interesting than scientists ever imagined By RAZIB KHAN, National Review In Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New…
miRNAs Metazoan MicroRNAs 25 Mar 2018 by David P. Bartel, Cell MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are about 22 nt RNAs that direct posttranscriptional repression of mRNA targets in diverse eukaryotic lineages. In humans and other mammals, these small RNAs…
Mitochondria… Maintaining mitochondria in neurons: A new lens for neurodegenerative disorders 25 Mar 201825 Mar 2018 In some neurons, mitochondria must travel several feet along an axon by Tess Joosse and Tom Schwarz, Vector (Boston Children's Hospital Health Blog) Like all cells, the neurons of our nervous system depend on…
Cancer… Beautiful, Toxic, and Maybe Healing: The Search for Cures From Jellyfish 25 Mar 2018 A family of creatures whose astonishing traits are being studied for all manner of medical uses, from bandages to microneedles by Juli Berwald, Undark.org A fluorescent protein found in jellyfish…
Cancer Cancer cells’ survival strategy defeated with new approach 16 Mar 2018 Some cancers put up a fight against regular treatments such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy due to their various "strategies" for survival. But by manipulating cellular processes, scientists have now found…
Cancer Is Cancer Caused By Unbalanced Chromosomes Rather Than Gene Mutations? 16 Mar 2018 It is proposed that cancer does not emanate from accumulated gene mutations as commonly believed but rather from unbalanced chromosomes By Bill Sardi, published at www.lewrockwell.com Wanna look at cancer from…
Origin of cells… New Giant Viruses Further Blur the Definition of Life 16 Mar 2018 This scanning electron micrograph shows tupanviruses — a newly discovered type of giant virus that is typically more than a micron long. They may hold clues to the evolution of…
Cancer… Oxygen and Stem Cells May Have Reshaped Early Complex Animals 16 Mar 2018 An unlikely team offers a controversial hypothesis about what enabled animal life to get more complex and diverse during the Cambrian explosion Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine The wild profusion of…
