evolutionary medicine

Cultural  

1. The use of the principles of evolution to understand disease processes and design effective medical treatment.

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Example Sentences

“There’s a cultural switch,” says lead author Shevan Wilkin, a biomolecular archaeologist at the University of Zurich Institute of Evolutionary Medicine.

From Science Magazine

Both of us are evolutionary medicine researchers.

From Salon

But Joe Alcock, an evolutionary medicine researcher at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, says it’s possible that damaging an attacker’s eyes was the driving force to evolve unique chemistry.

From Science Magazine

This insight, which has been labeled “competitive release,” has led to an increasing interest in the growing field of evolutionary medicine, where the Darwinian implications for the treatment—or lack thereof—of any disease, including cancer, are taken into account.

From Scientific American

"These kinds of studies, which are now possible thanks to innovative technology, make an important and interesting contribution to evolutionary medicine, a relatively new field of research that investigates the development and behavior of diseases over time," Tel Aviv University professor Israel Hershkovitz added in the statement.

From Fox News