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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

Phys.org / Structural variants reshape the yeast genotype–phenotype map

Université de Strasbourg and partners report that adding structural variants and small insertion–deletion mutations to single-nucleotide polymorphism analyses raised trait heritability estimates by 14.3% and uncovered broader ...

Oct 22, 2025
Medical Xpress / MTAP-deficient cancer cells share signals that silence immunity

China Medical University leads a multi-institution team reporting that MTAP deficiency suppresses cytosolic nucleic acid sensing and drives resistance to STING agonists, with an existing drug, DFMO, restoring pathway activity ...

Oct 22, 2025
Medical Xpress / Teclistamab T-cell therapy shows promise in patients with drug-resistant autoimmune disease

Research led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg provides evidence that teclistamab may offer therapeutic benefit for patients with severe forms of treatment-resistant autoimmune diseases.

Oct 20, 2025
Medical Xpress / Pickleball popularity surge serves up spike in serious eye injuries

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School-led researchers have identified a striking rise in pickleball-related eye injuries among players visiting emergency departments across the United States. Using two decades of national surveillance ...

Oct 20, 2025
Medical Xpress / Spiritual experiences in adolescence linked to adult loneliness and civic engagement

University of North Carolina at Charlotte's School of Nursing, collaborating with Harvard's Human Flourishing Program, reports that adolescents who report transformative religious or spiritual experiences show both greater ...

Oct 20, 2025
Phys.org / mRNA nanoparticles drive potent SARS-CoV-2 immunity in mice

A multi-institutional team led by University of Washington scientists have engineered a new vaccine platform combining mRNA and computational protein design, producing in mice a potent immune defense against both Wuhan-Hu-1 ...

Oct 17, 2025
Medical Xpress / Fecal microbiota transplant may help patients with IBS and depressive symptoms

A meta-analysis of randomized trials suggests fecal microbiota transplantation can ease depressive symptoms, with stronger effects reported for endoscopic or enema delivery, according to researchers at the Department of Nursing, ...

Oct 17, 2025
Medical Xpress / Comparing behavioral approaches for irritable bowel syndrome

Researchers led by Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have judged the certainty of evidence on behavioral therapies for irritable bowel syndrome to be low to very low as many published trials show ...

Oct 16, 2025
Medical Xpress / Over 20% of young adults use cannabis or alcohol to help them sleep, study finds

Researchers at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, report that more than one in five young adults in the US use cannabis or alcohol to help them fall asleep. Nearly half of those who use cannabis said ...

Oct 15, 2025
Medical Xpress / Medicaid for undocumented immigrants under 1% of spending, analysis reveals

Authors affiliated with Emory University, the Lown Institute, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health report that emergency Medicaid represented only a small share ...

Oct 14, 2025
Medical Xpress / Large cohort study links allergic rhinitis to higher risk of vision-threatening optic neuritis

Sungkyunkwan University researchers in Korea ran a nationwide cohort analysis linking allergic diseases to increased optic neuritis risk, with allergic rhinitis showing the strongest association.

Oct 14, 2025
Medical Xpress / Surge in cannabis use seen among individuals with psychosis after legalization

Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School-led research is signaling that adults with psychosis have engaged in a sharp rise in cannabis use after states legalized and commercialized recreational sales.

Oct 13, 2025
Medical Xpress / Veterans study finds updated COVID-19 shot reduces hospital visits and death

Veterans Research and Education Foundation of St. Louis reports that the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine was associated with lower risks of COVID-19–related emergency visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in a national cohort of ...

Oct 13, 2025
Medical Xpress / Atrial fibrillation after bypass found in nearly half of patients

Investigators led by LMU University Hospital report a higher-than-expected one-year incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting, paired with very low burden beyond 30 days.

Oct 13, 2025
Medical Xpress / Restless leg syndrome's connection to Parkinson's disease

Three research hospitals in the Republic of Korea are reporting that restless leg syndrome was associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, with 1.6% of patients with restless leg syndrome developing Parkinson's ...

Oct 9, 2025