Mitochondria & the Mother’s Curse
Many of my readers are probably familiar with the fact that we inherit our mitochondria, those little power houses of the cell, from our mothers. In fact, the mitochondria of […]
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The Potential Therapeutic Marvels of Green Tea Extract
Just a few weeks ago my husband and several of his collaborators held a conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, as part of a Spotlight Award from Frontiers, which was a very […]
Is a Lack of Consanguinity Uncovering the Hidden Autism in Our Genes?
Although it’s a difficult topic to study, because the human species has experienced a number of population bottlenecks over time it’s assumed that rates of consanguinous (close kinship) marriage or […]
Tweny-three Chromosome Pairs? Try 1,000!
Every once in awhile, maybe once in a blue moon, you may read something that’s so left-field, so alien that it literally changes your fundamental concepts. For me that happened […]
A Personal Story about Cancer, Autism, & DPD Deficiency
For the last few years, my mother has been battling colorectal cancer. In 2012, the primary tumor was removed, all lymph nodes appeared clear, and the pathologist, surgeon, and oncologist […]
Why Late-stage Cancer Patients Often Waste Away
One of the things that often kills cancer patients isn’t just the invasiveness and spread of a tumor but the physical wasting, known as cachexia, that the disease can cause. […]
And the Little Child Will Lead Them: Has an 8 Year-Old Girl Discovered a Treatment for Cancer?
There are times in Medicine when an idea seems so simple, so obvious, that it couldn’t possibly work. Except when it does. Husband and wife cancer research team, Drs. Michael […]
Frozen Poo Pills: Continued Trials Are Successful in Treating Recurrent C. Difficile
I remember all too well what it was like for my mother when she had Clostridium difficile infection. Post-surgery for colon cancer, the recovery was a breeze compared to the C. […]
Cancer: Fighting Fear with Knowledge
There are few other human diseases so common and yet so enigmatic as cancer. For many years it was the ailment that was whispered about behind closed doors or cupped […]
Riddle: What Do Bald Mice & Autism Have in Common?
Last week I penned a blog about my current research foci. One project involves transgenic (mutant) balding mice, meanwhile the other is all about autism genomics. Even though these were […]
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