FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Brian Jenkins PR Management, Inc. Jeffrey Epstein: Studying Evolution Helps with Understanding of Medicine A new article notes the ways in which understanding evolution leads to a better understanding of medicine—a finding that has won the attention of prominent scientific philanthropist Jeffrey Epstein. New York, New York, October 26, 2012— Though evolution has been the subject of controversy for many decades, a recent article from The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that, for all of the cultural trappings that the topic of evolution entails, its impact on the world of science and medicine is undeniable. Specifically, the article notes that, while some Americans may remain skeptical about evolutionary links between humans and apes, this link is actually vital for understanding how diseases work. The article, and its implications, has won the attention of Jeffrey Epstein, a science philanthropist whose donations have supported important scientific research around the world. According to the Inquirer article, viruses can effectively recognize the similarities that exist between the cells of people, and the cells of primates. The more closely two species are related, new research shows, the easier it is for a virus to be transmitted from one of those species to the other. The article notes that there are numerous examples of diseases jumping from primates to human beings, with different strands of HIV emerging as obvious examples. The article affirms that many diseases that seem to come "out of nowhere" and effect human beings in fact have their origins in other species—and that when a new disease truly "goes viral," scientists are quick to conduct research among these "reservoir species." The article has won the attention of Jeffrey Epstein, whose Jeffrey Epstein IV Foundation established The Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University under the eminent theoretical biologist and mathematician, Martin Now