✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #107

Life Science

It's usually assumed that a person in a vegetative state has no awareness of the world around them. Dr Adrian Owen, who pioneered groundbreaking research that has proven otherwise, explains why we need to be talking to these patients.

COVID-19 patients with high blood sugar had low levels of a hormone made by fat

The regular consumption of chili pepper was associated with significantly lower all-cause, CV and cancer-related mortality, according to findings published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.“Previously published population-based studies have reported that consumption of chili pepper reduced all-cause mortality. The benefit of chili pepper is attributed to the chemical

Models of early-stage embryos could be used to research contraceptives too

Study demonstrates the safety and feasibility of psilocybin for the treatment of mental health disorders.

A standoff between bacteria and antibiotic-producing fungi living on hedgehogs may have led to the rise of one type of MRSA some 200 years ago.

Teaching & Learning

Teaching modules intensively, rather than in parallel, has had positive results at the handful of institutions that have tried it. But would it work for all students and all subjects? And would academics trade autonomy in course design for more research time? Anna McKie reports

TAPP News & Notes

Check out some opportunities to learn, share, and succeed in community with other A&P faculty.

Audio episodes focused on teaching human anatomy & physiology (A&P) featuring award-winning A&P professor and author, Dr. Kevin Patton.