The Central Dogma of Biology Doesn’t the title above sound imposing? Yet this central idea has moved biological science forward over the last 60 plus years. What we know about cells, genetics and cancer today relies on this “Dogma”: DNA carries our hereditary information and transfers that information in a process called transcription. In...
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We are made of elegant, interacting, dynamic structures called cells. The best estimate is that there are around 32 trillion cells in the human body. Today 5th graders begin to learn about cells and cell biology. But for the rest of us, who may be a bit rusty, or who aren’t as caught up with all the advances that have occurred in understanding...
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“Nixon asked, ‘Doctor, what do you consider the most pressing problem that medicine has today?’…My answer was simple: ‘Cancer.’ He said, ‘I’m amazed. Why do you say that?’ My reply was, ‘I think every physician who is dedicated and sincere never goes on the floor of a hospital where he has...
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In a number of posts here on Medivizor we have described research on weight and cancer. For example, we reviewed research on weight loss and patient survivorship and physical activity and patient survivorship. Here is an infographic by the American Institute for Cancer Research which provides some further information on the link between obesity and...
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♫ Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones. …Now shake dem skeleton bones! The foot bone’s connected to the leg bone. The leg bone’s connected to the knee bone. The knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone. Now shake dem skeleton bones!♫ The Inside Scoop on Bones When you think about bones, you probably conjure up visions of...
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