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The Killing Zone for Sperm
The female reproductive system and jungles of Africa face foreign invaders. In this episode, we follow San Diego scientist Pascal Gagneux through these environments, and find out more about their intruders.
KPBS Rad Scientist Podcast

From a Pink Squiggle to the Human Genome Project
This Yellowstone bacterium sparked FOR, one of the great advances in genetics.
by Maggie Koerth-Baker, January 2017
From a Pink Squiggle to the Human Genome Project (PDF)

Coating the Flu with Sticky Polymers to Look for New Drugs
by Matthew Gibson
ACS Cent. Sci. October 2016 (PDF)

Newly Evolved, Uniquely Human Gene Variants Protect Older Adults from Cognitive Decline
by Heather Bushman
UC San Diego Health System, November, 2015

'Grandparent genes' discovered by scientists
by Sarah Knapton
The Telegraph, UK, November, 2015

Anti-Alzheimer's gene may have led to the rise of grandparents
by Kelli Whitlock Burton,  Science News, November, 2015

Expert Commentary for Science News:Some chimpanzees infected with AIDS virus may harbor protective, humanlike gene
by Jon Cohen  Science News, May, 2015

Live long and prosper with Siglecs
by Yvonne Bordon
Nature Reviews Immunology, May, 2015 (PDF)

A Longer Life May Lie in Number of Anti-Inflammatory Genes
by Christopher Wanjek
Live Science, April 07, 2015 03:50pm ET

Anti-inflammation genes linked to longer lives
Species with more `Siglecs' get longevity boost, study suggests.
Science News, April 7 2015

More anti-inflammatory genes mean longer lifespans for mammals
Mammal species with higher copy numbers of siglec receptor gene have longer maximum lifespans
EurekAlert!, April 7, 2015

New research targets how to fight influenza
Radio interview for KPBS midday edition November 2013

Stuck on flu
UCSD news release November 2013

Stopping flu might just be a matter of rock paper scissors
Biomed Central November 2013

Live Chat: Should Chimpanzees Be Studied in Captivity?
Science Live, Jon Cohen on 29 May 2013

Zoo Futures
by Jon Cohen
Conservation Magazine, Spring 2013

Evaluation of Sexual selection by female immunity against paternal antigens can fix loss of function alleles
by Etienne Joly
Faculty of 1000

Malaria, sexual selection let to humans, UCSD research suggests.
San Diego Union Tribune, October 2011

Sugary Mutation May Have Led to Humans' Rise
MSNBC. October 2011

Evolution: Sugar helped separate human ancestors from apes'
ABC News, October 2011

Sexual Selection by Sugar Molecule Helped Determine Human Origins, Researchers Say.
Science Daily. October 2011

Fertility Rites
by Jon Cohen
The Atlantic, 2011