Why and how immune systems reboot: some clinical implications
Why and how immune systems reboot: some clinical implications
Dr. Paul Turke, the world’s first Darwinian pediatrician, is currently at work on his new book, “Bringing Up Baby.” Using just the right touch of humor, Dr. Turke’s book takes an evolutionary view of common pediatric problems -- from strains and sprains, to anorexia, to depression, to autism -- to understand and, ultimately, to help solve them. He’s done theoretical work in biology on the evolution of sex, complexity and senescence; fieldwork in anthropology and demography on the Micronesian islands of Ifaluk and Yap; and clinical work in pediatrics for more than a decade. Dr. Turke is a practicing pediatrician with offices in Ann Arbor and Chelsea, Michigan and adjunct clinical faculty in the Department of Pediatrics and infectious disease University of Michigan.