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Cancer, Cooperation, and Survival: Rethinking Disease Through Evolution
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Cancer, Cooperation, and Survival: Rethinking Disease Through Evolution

In this study, I explore how cancer risk is distributed across the animal kingdom, emphasizing the role of life-history traits, reproductive strategies, and social behavior in shaping susceptibility to disease. Drawing on recent findings in comparative oncology, the article examines patterns that challenge traditional assumptions, such as the relationship between body size and cancer, and highlights evolutionary mechanisms that may confer resistance in certain species.

By Nicolás Mario Lisnovsky

The Power of Hybrid Yeasts: Evolution, Competition, and Fermentation
Health & Medicine

The Power of Hybrid Yeasts: Evolution, Competition, and Fermentation

Evolution is often imagined as a process that unfolds over millions of years. However, in microorganisms such as yeasts, evolutionary changes can occur much more rapidly. Yeasts reproduce quickly, populations grow to large sizes, and genetic variations can spread through generations in a short time.

By Nicolás Mario Lisnovsky

Why a Tiny Fruit Fly Helps Us Understand Human Health
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Why a Tiny Fruit Fly Helps Us Understand Human Health

Small fruit fly is an excellent model organism used by scientists to study various aspect of human health and diseases such as development, regeneration, wound healing, cancer and stem cell research

By Nusrat Jahan

Atherosclerosis and its Role in the Immune System
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Atherosclerosis and its Role in the Immune System

Learn how the leading cause of death worldwide activates the immune system and how making a few lifestyle changes can decrease your risk of severe chronic disease.

By Dr. Phillip Gauronskas

Nourishing Wounds: How Micronutrients Drive Healing
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Nourishing Wounds: How Micronutrients Drive Healing

Wound healing is a complex and dynamic biological process that occurs through four overlapping phases: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and maturation. To repair tissue damage, the body works intensively, thereby significantly increasing cellular metabolic demands.

By Punam Kumari, PhD

From Cells to Mini-Brains: A New Era for Understanding Parkinson’s Disease
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From Cells to Mini-Brains: A New Era for Understanding Parkinson’s Disease

Understanding the human brain remains one of the greatest challenges in modern science. With billions of neurons forming intricate networks and constantly changing connections, the brain’s complexity makes it extremely difficult to study directly.

By Nicolás Mario Lisnovsky