In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in November. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:
Stoeger et al.’s Feature Article, ‘Meta-Research: COVID-19 research risks ignoring important host genes due to pre-established research patterns’, was mentioned in:
- The Scientist – COVID-19 Research Biased Toward Only a Handful of Genes
Stoye et al.’s Research Article, ‘Maternal cortisol is associated with neonatal amygdala microstructure and connectivity in a sexually dimorphic manner’, was highlighted in:
- Ahmedabad Mirror (India) – Vital to keep calm for your little one
- Galileu (Brazil) – Stress during pregnancy affects baby's brain, new study suggests (translated)
- Sohu (China) – It has been scientifically proven that stress in pregnant women affects the brain development of newborns (translated)
Nelson et al.’s Research Article, ‘Dynamically evolving novel overlapping gene as a factor in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic’, was featured in:
- BBC News (Latin America) – Coronavirus: the mysterious "gene within a gene" discovered hidden within the pathogen (translated)
- Panorama (Venezuela) – Scientists find a new and mysterious "hidden gene" in the coronavirus (translated)
- Vistazo (Ecuador) – The mysterious new gene hidden in the coronavirus (translated)
- Galileu (Brazil) – Gene identified in Sars-CoV-2 (translated)
- Época Negócios (Brazil) – The mysterious 'gene within the gene' discovered in the coronavirus (translated)
- Health24 (South Africa) – Coronavirus morning recap: 'Hidden gene', SA's tracing app, and black market for Covid tests
- Kaynak YeniÇağ (Turkey) – The great secret of the coronavirus has been revealed (translated)
- OFFNews (Bulgaria) – Scientists have discovered a mysteriously hidden "gene within a gene" in SARS-CoV-2 (translated)
- Epoch Times (Taiwan) – Research finds overlapping genes hidden in CCP virus (translated)
The Research Article by Rundqvist et al., ‘Cytotoxic T-cells mediate exercise-induced reductions in tumor growth’, was covered in:
- The New York Times – How Exercise Might Affect Immunity to Lower Cancer Risk
- Diario El Día (Argentina) – Exercise not only prevents cancer, it could also help beat it (translated)
The Research Article by Petropoulou et al., ‘Lipocalin-2 is an anorexigenic signal in primates’, was mentioned in:
- Medical News Today – How might a hormone aid weight loss in obesity?
- Al-Manar (Lebanon) – A hunger-stopping hormone that can help treat obesity (translated)
- Il Giornale di Vicenza (Italy) – A hormone has been discovered that stops hunger and makes you feel full (translated)
- In.gr (Greece) – Hormonal "hunger switch" may treat obesity (translated)
Kasinathan et al.’s Research Article, ‘Innovation of heterochromatin functions drives rapid evolution of essential ZAD-ZNF genes in Drosophila’, was highlighted in:
- Science News – A key to the mystery of fast-evolving genes was found in ‘junk DNA’
Chai et al.’s Research Article, ‘Genome-wide CRISPR screens of oral squamous cell carcinoma reveal fitness genes in the Hippo pathway’, was featured in:
- Free Malaysia Today – Malaysian scientists identify genes responsible for growth of oral cancer cells
Brook et al.’s February Research Article, ‘Accelerated viral dynamics in bat cell lines, with implications for zoonotic emergence’, was covered in:
- Salon – How viruses use bats' bodies as an evolutionary training ground
Haley et al.’s Research Article, ‘LTD at amygdalocortical synapses as a novel mechanism for hedonic learning’, was mentioned in:
- El Español (Spain) – An experiment in rats shows that causing a slight stomach pain after consuming a food causes the brain to stop liking it (translated)
Fernández-García et al.’s Research Article, ‘M2 cortex-dorsolateral striatum stimulation reverses motor symptoms and synaptic deficits in Huntington’s disease’, was highlighted in:
- La Vanguardia (Spain) – A new technique improves symptoms of Huntington's disease (translated)
Horn et al.’s Research Article, ‘Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids’, was featured in:
- LaSexta (Spain) – Crows and magpies show unexpected generosity (translated)
The Research Article by Greenhalgh et al., ‘Genome streamlining in a minute herbivore that manipulates its host plant’, was covered in:
- Epoch Times (Taiwan) – The secret of the smallest animal genome on earth (translated)
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