Some notable quotes from this week’s meeting on cancer research
Some notable quotes from this week’s meeting on cancer research
Living fossils not so fossilized; Canadian gov’t threatens scientists’ freedom to speak and publish; gene therapy for sensory disorders; an unusual theory of cancer; clues for an HIV vaccine
Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
Physicist-turned-oncologist Robert Austin argues that cancer is a natural consequence of our rapid evolution.
New studies of tadpole shrimp and other organisms show that the term “living fossil” is inaccurate and misleading.
Intrepid Norwegian explorers discovered the Antarctic icefish, a marvel of evolution, while venturing to an island at the bottom of the Earth in 1927.
A bizarre group of Antarctic fishes lost their red blood cells but survived to tell their evolutionary tale, revealing a fundamental lesson about the birth and death of genes.
In Chapter 3, “Tamping the Simian Urge,” author Travis Rayne Pickering contrasts the brute physicality of predatory chimpanzees with the headier hunting style employed by humans.
Advances in genomics and cancer biology will alter the design of human cancer studies.
Leopold, The Drunken Botanist, Beautiful Whale, and Between Man and Beast