The Forgotten Intron…
Let’s face it. Exons get all the glory. They’re the star players of the game, the quarterbacks, the offensive line. Meanwhile, introns and other intergenic regions play a more defensive […]
Author Archives: Emily Casanova
Reflections on Science & Religion from a Catholic Atheistic Scientist
When I was eight years old I could see angels. Or so I was convinced. I didn’t realize that the “auras” that hovered around people in the shrine during mass […]
Guest Post by Dr. Manuel Casanova: “All about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation”
This week Science Over a Cuppa hosts our first guest scientist, Dr. Manuel F. Casanova. Manuel has his M.D. in Neurology, with extensive additional training and experience in neuropathology, especially […]
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 […]
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.
http://youtu.be/MN8JYhByVYg 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 […]
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, […]
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