Tag: "immune system"

Sniffing Out Mr. Right

Sniffing Out Mr. Right

Biology may have made it so that women prefer the smell of men with different immune systems from their own. Disturbingly, the pill may turn this on its head so that women like the way men with similar immune systems smell.

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Nov 07, 2011 by from

Exercise May Protect Against Stress-Related Cellular Aging

Exercise May Protect Against Stress-Related Cellular Aging

New research by Nobel Prize winning UCSF researcher, Elizabeth Blackburn, provides a possible mechanism by which exercise protects against stress-related chromosome aging.

 
Darya Pino

Post on Apr 15, 2011 by

The Nose Knows

The Nose Knows

We've known for awhile that animals find their "true love" partly through smells. One of the things they are sensing is whether the potential mate has a different set of MHC genes. People might be able to do this as well.

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Sep 29, 2008 by

You're as likely to be struck by lightning as to have a severe reaction to a vaccine.

Vaccines: One Small Risk for a Child, One Giant Benefit for Mankind

You're as likely to be struck by lightningas to have a severe reaction to a vaccine. I was reading an article in Time last week about parents not vaccinating their children. The story was about how this phenomenon is becoming more widespread. These kinds of stories are weird to me because vaccines are pretty safe. [...]

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Jun 06, 2008 by