Infectious Theory of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Interest n.pr/2oQhAtf We just talked about infectious theories for multifactorial diseases in the Evolution and Medicine class I teach. Good timing on this story. n.pr/2oQhAtf

The Earth BioGenome Project, co-chaired by Genomic Biology director Gene Robinson, launches today. This global effort aims to sequence the genetic code of all 1.5 million known species. ow.ly/g1A330msAii

The 20,000 or so known proteins in each human body might soon be used as an early warning system for disease. nyti.ms/2zaKBoQ (Proteomics is covered in the course on Human Genome and Bioinformatics in our program)

New methods are allowing a group of scientists to reëxamine the world’s libraries and archives, in search of the hidden lives of authors. newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…

More recently, the worm has adapted to thrive in dogs undark.org/2018/11/15/thr…

A report of reverse zoonosis in Antartica sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/t…

These bats carry a virus as deadly as Ebola, and scientists are tracking them to try to stop its spread wapo.st/marburg

For the first time this year, June 7 is celebrated as UN World Food Safety Day. #WorldFoodSafetyDay un.org/en/events/food…

In 2015, physics professor Nanfang Yu discovered that this ant’s silvery coating of hair reflects sunlight and radiates heat back to the sky. Now, he and his colleagues have developed a paint-like material that mimics these functions. yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/06/paint-…

Researchers create ‘epigenetic atlas’, heralding leap forward in disease diagnosis cosmosmagazine.com/biology/resear… #science via Cosmos

How to Protect Your DNA Data Before and After Taking an at-Home Test nyti.ms/31sn1R9

Preliminary R0 (number showing how contagious / transmissible a pathogen is) for #Wuhan #nCoV2019 novel #coronavirus: 1.4 - 2.5. Here are the figures for other diseases #SARSvirus #MERS & their case-fatality rates to put things in perspective #新型冠状病毒 #SciComm #globalhealth

Perspective makes all the difference. Here's a scatter plot (by Amelia Wattenberger 🪷) of the preliminary basic reproduction number R0 [indicator of the contagiousness] & mortality rate of the #Wuhan #nCoV2019 #coronavirus together with other 'popular' #viruses. #新型冠状病毒 #SciComm

Our IB 531 course, Emerging Infectious Disease, is learning about the R0 (pronounced r-naught) of diseases. This article explains its significance in understanding disease spread. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Beef, cheese, chocolate and coffee growth and production are huge greenhouse gas emitters! ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs… This just some of the information covered in our course IB 532 - Sustainability and Global Change

Experts envision two scenarios if the new coronavirus isn’t contained. A topic of interest for current students in IB 531, Emerging Infectious Disease statnews.com/2020/02/04/two…

Most Googled questions about the coronavirus answered by Dr. Prof Jennifer L. Rohn. itv.com/news/2020-02-0…

A great summary about the coronavirus by Ed Yong is not here theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

The ending of an epidemic is not just about biology. "The history of epidemic endings has taken many forms, and only a handful of them have resulted in the elimination of a disease." bostonreview.net/science-nature…

The Code is a three-part video series investigating the roots of today’s most promising genetic technologies statnews.com/feature/retro-… via STAT