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Justin Jackson

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Justin has been covering science news as a host of This Week in Science (TWIS podcast) since 2004. The weekly program brings a slightly irreverent, yet fervently pro-science perspective to recent research across all scientific subjects. While he has previously worked in biotech research labs running fermentation experiments and in genomics labs running next-generation sequencers, Justin’s first love of science is in communicating the stories to a wider audience. Justin joins the Science X team

Articles by Justin Jackson

Medical Xpress / First gene-edited islet transplant in a human passes functional trial

Uppsala University Hospital-led investigators report that gene-edited donor islet cells survived 12 weeks inside a man with long-standing type 1 diabetes without any immunosuppressive medication.

Aug 6, 2025
Medical Xpress / An estimated 17 million US youth meet criteria for GLP-1RA treatment

A cross-sectional analysis from Yale School of Medicine estimates that approximately 5.8 million adolescents and 11.1 million young adults in the United States meet eligibility criteria for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor ...

Aug 6, 2025
Phys.org / Napoleon's doomed retreat: DNA from Vilnius mass grave reveals signs of foodborne and lice-borne fever

Institut Pasteur and partner institutions report genetic evidence of Salmonella enterica lineage Para C and Borrelia recurrentis in Napoleonic soldiers from Vilnius, indicating paratyphoid fever and louse-borne relapsing ...

Aug 5, 2025
Phys.org / Searching for Artificial Memory Systems in ancient humans with spatial statistics

Université de Bordeaux-led research reports that spatial statistics can discriminate potential Paleolithic Artificial Memory Systems from butchery and art, aligning prehistoric marked objects with memory devices in Africa ...

Aug 5, 2025
Medical Xpress / Eating earlier linked to long-term weight-loss success

Complutense University of Madrid-led researchers report that eating earlier in the day blunts the weight gain ordinarily predicted by a high genetic score for obesity.

Aug 5, 2025
Medical Xpress / Membrane drilling mold protein duo implicated in airway allergies

Scientists at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing report that two pore-forming proteins from the common mold Alternaria alternata puncture airway epithelial membranes and initiate signals that drive allergic ...

Aug 4, 2025
Phys.org / Velociraptorine fossil with unusually strong hands suggests a new predatory niche

An international group of paleontologists led by the University of Poitiers, France, report that a recently recovered velociraptorine fossil, Shri rapax, brandished unusually large, powerful clawed hands. Findings point to ...

Aug 4, 2025
Medical Xpress / Surgeons are at higher risk of cancer, study suggests

Harvard Medical School investigators have discovered that U.S. surgeons have a cancer mortality rate more than two times that of nonsurgeon physicians and around 20% higher than most non-physician workers. While still maintaining ...

Aug 4, 2025
Medical Xpress / Season of birth shows slight association with depression in men but not women

Males born in summer months reported higher depression symptom scores than males born during other seasons, according to a study from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Anxiety symptoms showed no association with season of ...

Aug 1, 2025
Medical Xpress / Dual studies reveal early successes for mRNA HIV vaccine strategies

HIV vaccine efforts have been slowed by the difficulty of getting neutralizing antibodies to target the correct locations of the diverse variants of HIV. Neutralizing antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system ...

Aug 1, 2025
Medical Xpress / Using a fan can make older adults hotter in a dry heat

Montreal Heart Institute-led research has found that older adults using an electric fan at 38 °C and 60% relative humidity experienced a modest fall in core temperature and greater comfort. Fan use at 45 °C and 15% relative ...

Jul 31, 2025
Medical Xpress / Preterm birth linked to higher blood pressure and anxiety in adults

A University of Rhode Island-led cohort study links preterm index of cumulative medical risk from birth to year 12 to adult disorders at age 35.

Jul 31, 2025
Medical Xpress / Anticipation of a virtual infectious pathogen is enough to prompt real biological defenses

Researchers led by the University of Geneva and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne report that neural anticipation of virtual infection triggers an immune response through activation of innate lymphoid cells.

Jul 30, 2025
Medical Xpress / Global analysis finds 14.8 million life-years added by COVID-19 vaccinations

A Stanford University-led investigation into the COVID-19 vaccination effort reports that it averted an estimated 2.533 million deaths and 14.8 million life-years worldwide between 2020 and 2024.

Jul 29, 2025
Medical Xpress / Human proteome study maps aging signatures across 13 organs

A multi-institutional team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has constructed a proteomic atlas of human aging across 13 organs, revealing tissue-specific aging clocks, transcriptome-proteome decoupling, and secreted ...

Jul 29, 2025