Checkout this collection of ‘fascinating discoveries’ – revealing the secrets of nature and human evolution through scientific exploration.
Discovery online published a piece about the shortcomings of science in GM mosquitos. The article questions the genetic modification of a species for a specific purpose without sufficient understanding of the subjects biology or ecology. Discussing the ecological flaws of modifying mosquitos to fight malaria, with focus on the factors which effect their rates of survival and reproduction.
Over on Science, monkeys headline an article about a novel drug that shrinks waistlines. This piece examines a new therapy for obesity, discovered during research into drug development for cancer treatment. The husband and wife team of cancer biologists found drugs that prevent growth of new blood vessels, could help with weight-loss. Trialled successfully on monkeys, study founders say human testing is not far off.
One more ‘fascinating’ scientific revelation worth a read – is an article from Discovery which looks at Neanderthal Neuroscience. An emerging topic of immense interest to the Society for Neuroscience at their annual meeting recently, was a talk delivered by scientist Svante Paabo on his groundbreaking methods of studying human evolution. Along with fossils, they can now study genomes that belonged to people who died 40,000 years ago.
