Here’s an excellent discussion of recent advances in our understanding about the control of plasticity and patterning in the human body: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00018-023-05054-6 It is well-known that some lower animals have an incredible regenerative capacity. For example, salamanders can easily regenerate amputated limbs and planaria severed in two will regenerate an entire new organism from the…

This is a fascinating article that suggests that learning under conditions of stress follows a biphasic curve similar to many drugs and herbs. Meaning that the same “substance” has a stimulating effect in small doses and and inhibitory effect in large doses. I thought about looking for research in this area because of research about…

Calculating a person’s waist-to-height ratio is the most accurate and efficient way of identifying whether or not they are at risk of obesity in clinical practice, a new study shows. According to the lead researcher on the study: Dr Swainson said: “Our WHtR cut-points align broadly to current guidelines that adults and children should keep…