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Coverage of Richard and Capellini (2021): "Shifting epigenetic contexts influence regulatory variation and disease risk".

Our paper, Capellini et al., 2017 in Nature Genetics was covered extensively in the news.
 

Human knee evolved in lockstep with osteoarthritis, study says.

Joint pain is the price we paid for evolution

Genetic mutations that made ancient people shorter and more prone to osteoarthritis may have also helped them endure an ice age, the New York Times reports.

The shortening of bones experienced by early humans to withstand cold climates doubled our risk of developing osteoarthritis, according to a study from Stanford University School of Medicine.

The shortening of bones experienced by primitive man in order to withstand cold climates doubled our risk of suffering from osteoarthritis.

Study finds switches near GDF5 gene linked to knee osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia