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The Joy of Why

Why Do We Get Old, and Can Aging Be Reversed?

By Steven Strogatz
July 27, 2022
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Everybody gets older, but not everyone ages in the same way. In this episode, Steven Strogatz speaks with Judith Campisi and Dena Dubal, two biomedical researchers who study the aging process.

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The Joy of Why

Why Is Inflammation a Dangerous Necessity?

By Steven Strogatz
April 20, 2022
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The immune system protects us from a full spectrum of pathogens, but without balance, it can end up hurting us over time, too. The immunologist Shruti Naik explains how our defenses can turn on us.

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developmental biology

Cells Blaze Their Own Trails to Navigate Through the Body

By Elena Renken
March 28, 2022
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With self-generated gradients of chemicals and physical tension, cells in the body steer themselves to vital destinations.

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genomics

New Genomic Study of Placenta Finds Deep Links to Cancer

By Max Kozlov
April 8, 2021
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A patchwork of genomic differences in the placenta may explain the organ’s “live fast, die young” strategy and its connections to cancer.

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Q&A

The Contrarian Who Cures Cancers

By Claudia Dreifus
February 3, 2020
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James P. Allison believed that unleashing the immune system was a way to beat cancer when almost no one else did. A Nobel Prize and a growing list of cancer survivors vindicate him.

Abstractions blog

Can New Species Evolve From Cancers? Maybe. Here’s How.

By Christie Wilcox
August 19, 2019
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Researchers agree it’s a long shot, but transmissible cancers could theoretically evolve into independent species. Certain weird parasites might be living proof.

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evolution

Oxygen and Stem Cells May Have Reshaped Early Complex Animals

By Jordana Cepelewicz
March 7, 2018
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An unlikely team offers a controversial hypothesis about what enabled animal life to get more complex during the Cambrian explosion.

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mathematical biology

Why Don’t Patients Get Sick in Sync? Modelers Find Statistical Clues.

By Veronique Greenwood
March 1, 2018
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The long, variable times that some diseases incubate after infection defies simple explanation. An idealized model of tumor growth offers a statistical solution.

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genomics

A Zombie Gene Protects Elephants From Cancer

By Viviane Callier
November 7, 2017
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Elephants did not evolve to become huge animals until after they turned a bit of genetic junk into a unique defense against inevitable tumors.


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