Complexity — David Krakauer, Part 3

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Why does COVID-19 disproportionately affect the elderly?

By: Amber L. Mueller, Maeve S. McNamara, David A. Sinclair Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School Preprint, 30 April 2020 – not peer reviewed. Summary Severity and outcome of COVID-19 largely depends on a

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The Epigenetics Revolution

How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and InheritanceBy: Nessa CareyPublished: 2012Read: 2018Summary:Epigenetics refers to external modifications of DNA that regulate the expression of genes, turning them “on” or “off.” While the DNA sequence doesn’t change, the

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