Knowledge of evolution can empower public health policy experts to respond effectively to virus outbreaks such as the Wuhan coronavirus that has sickened thousands. Too bad it didn’t. According to the ...

Depending on the body's needs, the liver utilizes lipids to generate metabolic energy, secretes them as lipoproteins, or packages them for storage Unbalanced lipid storage and utilization result in ...

In a series of posts I want to explore the interplay between basic biology, which looks at the natural world to learn about how life works, and synthetic biology, which studies what is not found in ...