The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #166

Life Science

Taste-related genes may play a significant role in determining personal food and diet choices, and could also have an impact on cardiometabolic health.

Justin Bieber has had to cancel future concert dates because of a viral infection that has paralyzed one side of his face.

We are leading Nature on a journey to help decolonize research and forge a path towards restorative justice and reconciliation.

Springer Nature editors urge consideration of the potential harms of all research relating to human populations, not just that directly involving human participants.

Synonymous mutations have a harmful effect on yeast-cell fitness.

Neuroscientists examining a brain cell typically have to choose between studying its internal molecular activity or detailing its connections and electrical activation in the brain.

Research findings suggest that patients with THRA (thyroid hormone receptor gene) mutations may present underdiagnosed, mild hearing loss and may be more susceptible to age-related hearing loss.

Teaching & Learning

Last week I shared the stories of two professors for whom that flexibility clearly did not work well and why they plan to return to more structured teaching in the fall. This week I’ll introduce you to others who hold a different point of view: Increased flexibility worked well for their students.

Undergraduate educators and students must navigate lingering aftereffects of the COVID pandemic on education in the 2021–2022 academic year even as COVID continues to impact delivery of undergradua...

TAPP News & Notes

Okay, you want to supplement your A&P course with sectional anatomy examples and applications. Where do we find the media to do that? Here are some ideas.