Some of our genes reach alive after we die. David Grimm—online news editor for Science—talks with Sarah Crespi approximately which genes are active after death and what we can learn approximately time of death by looking at patterns of postmortem gene expression.
Sarah also interviews David Merritt Johns of Columbia University approximately the so-called sugar conspiracy. Historical evidence suggests,despite recent media reports, it is unlikely that “big sugar influenced U.
S. nutrition policy and led to the low-fat diet fad of the ’80s and ’90s.
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[Image: Lauri Andler (Phantom); Music: Jeffrey Cook]
Source: sciencemag.org