Articles by Justin Jackson
Medical Xpress / Circadian disruption by night light linked to multiple cardiovascular outcomes
Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute researchers, along with colleagues in the UK and U.S., have linked brighter night-time light exposure to elevated risks of five major cardiovascular diseases.
Phys.org / Chickadees recall places by simply looking from afar
Researchers at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University discovered that hippocampal place cells in black-capped chickadees fire when the bird merely gazes at a distant location, revealing a unified ...
Medical Xpress / Mimicking the benefits of exercise with a single molecule
Capital Medical University, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, reports that betaine, a molecule produced in the kidney and enhanced through sustained exercise, operates as a potent inhibitor of inflammatory ...
Medical Xpress / Obese mice live 26% longer with a single protein overexpression
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center scientists found that activating fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) exclusively in the fat tissue of adult male mice prolonged lifespan under sustained high-fat diet feeding, ...
Medical Xpress / Neurons duped into delivering mitochondria to cancer cells found fueling tumor spread
University of South Alabama researchers report that neurons can transfer mitochondria directly to cancer cells, enhancing their metastatic potential.
Medical Xpress / Rerouted bile acid thwarts tumor spread in colorectal cancer mouse model
Research led by the Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany has found that bile acid diversion in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) reduces colorectal tumor growth and ...
Phys.org / Switching on a silent gene revives tissue regeneration in mice
Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant gene enables mice to regenerate ear tissue.
Medical Xpress / Neuroscientists remain steadfastly uncertain about how the brain encodes memory
Researchers from Monash University, in collaboration with the European Biostasis Foundation and Apex Neuroscience, have revealed that although most neuroscientists agree that long-term memories depend primarily on neuronal ...
Medical Xpress / AI model spots gastric cancer on routine CT scans with high accuracy, outperforming radiologists
A collaboration of leading Chinese research institutions has developed an artificial intelligence-based method called GRAPE, demonstrating high accuracy in detecting gastric cancer from routine noncontrast CT scans.
Phys.org / How night lizards survived the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs
Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected evolutionary survival traits. Night lizards (family Xantusiidae) survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) ...
Phys.org / Fossil fungi trapped in amber reveal ancient origin of parasitic zombie-ants
Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some of the oldest direct evidence of parasitic relationships between fungi and insects, suggesting that ...
Medical Xpress / A cure for type 1 diabetes? Beta cell replacement with zimislecel achieves insulin independence in early trial
In a clinical trial led by University of Toronto researchers, an allogeneic stem cell–derived islet therapy (zimislecel) restored insulin production and ended severe hypoglycemia in adults with type 1 diabetes within a year ...
Phys.org / Mice born of two dads reveal hidden details of mammalian reproduction
Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have produced fertile adult mice from embryos constructed entirely with male genetic material. Mice carrying only paternal DNA developed into fertile adults following precision ...
Phys.org / Large yeast clusters generate natural circulatory flows through metabolic activity to bypass diffusion limits
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and India's National Center for Biological Sciences have found that yeast clusters, when grown beyond a certain size, spontaneously generate fluid flows powerful enough to ...
Medical Xpress / Surviving breast cancer tied to lower Alzheimer's risk: Radiation therapy may offer short-term protection
Research led by Samsung Medical Center finds breast cancer survivors exhibit an 8% lower risk of Alzheimer's dementia (AD) compared with cancer-free individuals, with radiation therapy potentially contributing to the reduced ...