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

The calculations were based on complex statistical models developed by Jordan Martin at UZH's Institute of Evolutionary Medicine.

From Science Daily

In fact, some of the oldest Egyptian mummies were likely accidents, says Frank Rühli, director of the University of Zurich’s Institute of Evolutionary Medicine and head of the Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group.

From National Geographic

“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