Sparta. The body politic, eds. A. Powell & S. Hodkinson (book review)

Book review: Epigenetics (second edition, eds. Allis, Caparros, Jenuwein, Reinberg)

A book review on Epigenetics, second edition Edited by C. Epigenetics is a dynamic and well-established branch of genetics. It deals with heritable traits, which are not transmitted by the sequence of DNA but rather by the state of chromatin. The evolving landscape of epigenetic research has been reviewed in many excellent books and monographs. Amongst these, the second edition of Epigenetics b...

Alcohol harm: beyond the body to the body politic.

In light of the World Health Organization's declaration that non-dependent drinking contributes more to the global burden of alcohol-related disease than does drinking by those who meet diagnostic criteria for dependence, this paper argues that clinicians, researchers and decision-makers need to consider microsocial and macrosocial impacts of alcohol use, not just addiction and clinical effects...

Book Review: R. Dingwall and S. Frost (eds.), Health and Safety in a Changing World, Routledge, London, 2017

The genetics of politics: Body politic | The Economist

Book Reviews Holden and Piene (eds)

Reviewer: Ulf Persson This is the sequel to the first book on the Abel Prize winners, which covered the first five years and which was reviewed for the EMS a couple of years ago. The format of this book is the same but this time, even more ambitiously, the editors have produced a tome that dwarfs the preceding one in bulk. One wonders whether this will set a trend. The basic elements consist of...