The A﹠P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #207

Life Science

The ‘Er’ grouping could help doctors identify and treat some rare cases of blood incompatibility, including between pregnant mothers and fetuses.

The cerebellum plays a key role in the storage of both positive and negative memories of emotional events.

Following the fall of Roe v. Wade, many clinicians have become fearful about how they are allowed to treat ectopic pregnancies.

Summary: Study explores the 3D printed flavor-based cues in memory recall during old age, finding the smells of certain foods from youth can prompt mental “time travel” to the past with an enhanced memory of early exposure to the foods.

The FDA has proposed rules for letting manufacturers claim that a food product is "healthy." It's a good step, but do we need such a label?

A study finds small but meaningful declines in personality traits that help us navigate social situations, trust others, think creatively, and act responsibly. Young people were especially affected.

Summary: Boosting omega-3 fatty acid intake helps to preserve brain health and improve cognition in middle age, a new study reports. For those with the Alzheimer’s associated APOE4 gene, omega-3 fatty acid intake was associated with greater hippocampal volume and less small vessel disease.

If evolutionary biologist Terence D. Capellini were to rank the body parts that make us quintessentially human, the pelvis would be near the top.

In some samples, large chunks of the virus’s genome have disappeared — but understanding whether the mutations affect its behaviour will be difficult.

Teaching & Learning

VLEs, intranet, social apps – the digital ecosystem at university is vast. We must induct students into it quickly & carefully to prevent them falling behind

TAPP News & Notes

Tap and listen to the captioned audiogram! Dr. Krista Rompolski joins us for a Journal Club episode discussing a study regarding whether it's best to have a separate anatomy course followed by a physiology course or a combined A&P course.