A webcomic led me down an internet rabbit hole, to... ...en. I learned about malaria's role in the rise of sickle-cell anemia , a far-from-perfect evolutionary adaptation to ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/02/18/When-the-Nazis-Used-Biological-Warfare-Against-the-Italians/Some genetic diseases flourish in the human popula... ...deletions, additions and mutations in each of our cells —exerts a profound influence on the way we l... ...ncer in a man in 17th century England; and walked sickle cell anemia back to 18th century Africa.The tantalizing quest...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/01/12/To-Catch-a-Killer-Gene-Sisters-Race-to-Stop-Mystery-Disease/Forget Brad and Angelina. It’s time to put t... ..., he and a group of graduate students proved that sickle cell anemia is caused by a molecular defect in hemoglobin. In...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/24/12-Acts-of-Genius-Ripped-From-the-Tabloids/Because you Neatorama readers are so smart, you mi... ...readers are so smart, you might already know how sickle cell anemia makes someone resistant to malaria. This apparent... ...duals more fit for survival in other ways. While sickle cell anemia is the best known of these evolutionary diseases,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/28/disorders-that-make-us-stronger/As an assignment, Professor Daniel Fletcher of the... ...students to build a functional microscope from a cell phone and a few lenses. When they completed the... ...t they had a useful product, which they named the Cellscope . They hope to use the instrument in impoverished... ...in impoverished areas of th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/22/the-cellscope-a-microscope-adapter-for-your-cellphone/
