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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 / Preterm infant with drug-resistant seizures responds to antisense oligonucleotide treatment

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München-led researchers have induced a greater than 60% reduction in seizure frequency in a preterm infant with early-onset SCN2A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). Seizures initially ...

May 5, 2025
Phys.org / New method allows live-cell protein tagging without interfering with function

University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a powerful new investigative tool to reveal how proteins work inside living cells. A technique that enables quick, precise and minimally disruptive incorporation of amino ...

May 5, 2025
Medical Xpress / Skin-to-skin contact improves breastfeeding but not cognitive outcomes in very preterm infants: Clinical trial

Researchers led by the Trondheim University Hospital in Norway report that two hours of immediate skin-to-skin contact between mothers and very preterm infants after birth does not improve cognitive, motor, or language development ...

May 3, 2025
Medical Xpress / Brain interface allows speech decoding and computer control in ALS patient

University of California, Davis researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that enables computer cursor control and clicking, using neural signals from the speech motor cortex. One participant with amyotrophic ...

May 2, 2025
Medical Xpress / Alzheimer's biomarkers detected in other dementias may blur diagnostic boundaries

An international collaboration led by the University of Gothenburg report that cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's pathology—specifically β-amyloid and tau proteins—are also present in individuals diagnosed ...

May 1, 2025
Medical Xpress / Menstrual phase and vaccine timing linked to minor cycle shifts

An international research team led by Oregon Health & Science University discovered a temporary increase in menstrual cycle length of less than one day associated with receiving the influenza vaccine, either alone or alongside ...

May 1, 2025
Medical Xpress / Single-cell atlas reveals hidden patterns of differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia

Princess Margaret Cancer Center at University Health Network-led researchers constructed a detailed single-cell atlas of human blood development, improving understanding of leukemia formation and enabling a more precise classification ...

Apr 30, 2025
Medical Xpress / JAK inhibitors show no increased cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients, large international study finds

An international research team led by Geneva University Hospital found no increase in cardiovascular events during the first two years of treatment with Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) compared to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors ...

Apr 30, 2025
Medical Xpress / Hidden transmission of avian influenza virus H5N1 found in Texas dairy cattle

Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center, with multiple academic, state and federal collaborators, identified the emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian ...

Apr 29, 2025
Medical Xpress / Mice develop fibromyalgia-like pain after receiving gut microbiota from human patients

McGill University-led research has discovered that transplanting gut microbiota from women with fibromyalgia into mice induces pain, immune activation, metabolomic changes, and reduced skin innervation.

Apr 29, 2025
Medical Xpress / Researchers find link between HPV and thyroid eye disease

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers have identified molecular evidence linking human papillomavirus (HPV) to thyroid eye disease (TED) through molecular mimicry involving HPV capsid proteins and autoimmune ...

Apr 28, 2025
Medical Xpress / Long-term study links chronic conditions in midlife to higher cancer risk and mortality

Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the University of California, Los Angeles, identified that comorbidities in midlife are associated with an increased risk of developing cancer and cancer-related ...

Apr 28, 2025
Medical Xpress / Circular breathwork induces altered states of consciousness linked to improved mental health

Researchers from the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, the MIND Foundation, alongside other collaborators, have found that reductions in carbon dioxide saturation during circular breathwork sessions were correlated ...

Apr 28, 2025
Phys.org / Structure of lipid-transfer tunnel protein in C. elegans revealed

Oregon Health & Science University, in collaboration with Oregon State University, has discovered the structural organization and protein components of a lipid-transfer complex known as LPD-3. Findings show that LPD-3 contains ...

Apr 26, 2025
Medical Xpress / Children born before 34 weeks show lasting cognitive lag behind peers

Karolinska Institutet researchers report that children born before 34 weeks of gestation show persistent deficits in cognitive abilities at ages 9 to 10. Impairments appear independent of socioeconomic status, genetic predisposition, ...

Apr 25, 2025