I think everyone, including all A&P students, should be up to date on the major concepts of genetics and genomics . In most A&P cou...

I ran across this crazy and interesting blog the other other day and thought I'd share it with you. It's called Street Anatomy and...

Way back in January I told you about my blog to assist A&P students as they struggle through the course . . . The A&P Student . W...

A recent article in ScienceDaily discusses a new article in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology regarding the evolution of the human appen...

Something to think about as we begin a new academic year teaching future health professionals: Deaths from avoidable medical error more...

This just in from the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science . . . Register today and take advantage of the early bird special ...

Last month, I gave you the heads-up on the newly confirmed element 112. Now, we have a proposed name for it . . . Copernicium (Cp) . An ep...

A recent article in the LA Times quotes a nutrition professor that "vitamin D is one hot topic." This week an Institute of Medici...

There's a new FREE video available from one of my favorite medical/anatomical animation producers Nucleus Medical Art. Even if you don...

We know that primary cilia occur in just about every cell . . . and that in many cells these more-or-less nonmotile primary cilia have a sen...

This just in from the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science . . . Our latest case study is “ Why Is Patrick Paralyzed? ” by M...

Since many of us are taking a deep breath and preparing ourselves to begin a new academic year, I thought it would be a good time for little...

I've stumbled across yet another source of FREE slides you can use in your A&P course! The website SlideWorld.org has a collection...

A recent "Hot Paper" summary in The Scientist not only brings us up to date on the latest skirmish in the battle over which cell ...

Did you know that any human can learn to "see" by using sounds alone? During my seven years at the World Bird Sanctuary , I worke...

OK, if you have a weak stomach DO NOT READ THE REST OF THIS MESSAGE. Or better, I just won't even comment on this one . . . just read it...

The A&P Professor now has a new toolbar that you can add to your browser. Besides a high-speed Google search box, the new toolbar has a...

For those who want to be "up to speed" on official policy when the inevitable discussion of human embryonic stem cell research pop...

New brain research shows that when we use a tool, the mind's map of our body changes to include the tool as "part of our body....

Just in case you mention the total number of "known" elements when reviewing basic chemistry at the beginning of your A&P cour...

Sadly, we have another teaching moment in the news: the "cardiac arrest" reported as a cause of death for music artist Michael Jac...

The recent news about the FDA warning about the over-the-counter cold medication Zicam and its alleged danger to our sense of smell prompte...

If you're a fan of history of the development of our understanding of human biology, then you may be interested in an essay I recently r...

I recently wrote to A&P students about how new research on how the brain recognizes whole words (rather than letter-by-letter) when rea...

For those of you who are fans of the The A&P Professor Facebook page , you may have already noticed that updates are now finally showi...

There's a recent piece in Science News about the sensation of light touch in the skin. It includes some nifty sound files that allow...

The saga continues . . . last week I revisited RNA interference . Not unexpectedly, even more discoveries about this phenomenon are flowin...

Looking for a FREE web-based anatomy exploration for you or your students? Try the Winking Skull . Created by the publisher Thieme to acco...