The Flip Side: Life before Vaccines
In last week’s entry, I covered what I see as the poor state of science addressing vaccine-autism risk. While this drew a few opponents in the discussion, for the most […]
Author Archives: Emily Casanova
Vaccines, Autism, & Epidemiology – A Call for Better Science
Epidemiology is called the ‘basic science of public health,’ but its contribution to this goal is constrained by a preoccupation with supposedly universal exposure-disease relationships that impedes consideration of the […]
I think this speaks for itself.
If this video spoke to your heart, what part can you play to stop this from happening? For several years I’ve made a point to go out of my way […]
Thinking with Your Nose – How Mammalian Cortex Expansion Shares Links with Enlargement of the Olfactory Bulbs
If you’ve ever seen a dog follow a trail by scent, you’ll have gotten a glimpse of the importance of olfaction in mammals. Some scientists have postulated that while the […]
Thinking Twenty Moves Ahead – Visualizing Biological Complexity
My partner has adored chess ever since he was a child.While I’m no aficiando like he is, there’s something easy to romanticize about the game. The sheer artistry of the […]
Patior, Ergo Sum – I Hurt, Therefore I Am
I’m taking a break from my usual focus on DNA, epigentics, and autism to address a scientific and ethical dilemma which for years has dogged researchers and philosophers alike. Do […]
The Antiepileptic, Valproic Acid – A Mutagen?
As a medicine, valproic acid (VPA) has a variety of uses. Not only does it serve as an antiepileptic drug, it can also be used for mood stabilization in Bipolar, […]
Jumpin’ Genes & Genetic Instability
The above image is a segment of exon 4 from the human gene for the Oxytocin receptor (Oxtr). But this ain’t no ordinary exon. This particular segment is in fact […]
Seeking Common Ground in the Syndromes of Autism
There’s a common saying within the autism community: “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve only met one person with autism.” Even though there’s a common core to the […]
Modularity: Dude, How Cool Is That?
Regardless of whatever were the first steps in the origins of life, there is little doubt that the modularity of proto-life’s chemical parts has been a foundational element to Self-replication […]
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