Author Archives: DWN

Global warming is not settled science: This appeared in The Oregonian, on July 13, 2014: Guest columnist D.W.Nebert, MD Daniel Nebert, MD, is professor emeritus at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The 2013 report by the … Continue reading →

Daniel W Nebert Mon 3/16/2020 2:54 PM Here is advice from three professors, currently quarantined in a small town in northern Italy. Three U of O Professors Observing COVID-19 in Italy Offer Advice to Oregonians “Work from home, have phone … Continue reading →

Pregnane-X receptor (PXR; encoded by mammalian NR1I2 gene) is a nuclear receptor (NR) that regulates transcriptional responses to certain drugs and environmental toxicants — in part by inducing transcription of one or more cytochrome P450 3A enzymes that are found … Continue reading →

Daniel W Nebert Sat 3/14/2020 7:50 PM WSJ online March 12, out in print morning of March 13. I don’t think this author (or this article) is endorsing government-funded universal healthcare for all. Sorry, Bernie. Sorry, Joe Biden… ☹ Europe’s … Continue reading →

A warming light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel? March 13, 2020 Gregory Wrightstone A study released March 9 provides some comfort to a panicked world over the continued possible spread of the COVID-19 virus and predicts limiting factors … Continue reading →

Stress has been associated with a variety of changes in many tissues, including premature hair-greying. However, whether external stressors are the causal factors, and whether stress-related changes occur at the level of somatic stem cells — remain poorly understood. Hair … Continue reading →

Studies of ancient DNA are transforming our understanding of human evolutionary history and, in particular, how admixture (presence of DNA in an individual from a distantly-related population, as a result of interbreeding between populations who have been reproductively isolated and … Continue reading →

Alarming rates of increase in childhood obesity and type-2 diabetes (T2D) are being seen in the U.S. In 2015, an estimated 30.3 million people in the U.S. had T2D. Approximately 12.7 million children and adolescents — ages 2 to 19 … Continue reading →

I am forwarding the following information which I have received from an internet buddy; I’ve not been able to fact-check all the items, but they all seem very reasonable. Stay well The new coronavirus may not show any signs of … Continue reading →

Malaria is caused by protozoan Plasmodium spp. parasites — transmitted by blood-feeding anopheline mosquitoes. Host-seeking by mosquitoes (and other pathogen-spreading insects) relies on the detection of host-associated cues [e.g. carbon dioxide (CO2), odors, and body heat; see especially the diagram … Continue reading →