Media Coverage: May roundup of eLife papers in the news

High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in May 2023, including Earth.com, The Scientist and Veja.
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In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in May. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:

Tran et al.’s Research Article, ‘‘Skeletal Age’ for mapping the impact of fracture on mortality’, was featured in:

  • The Mirror – New free online ‘bone checker’ could slash risk of premature death
  • Daily Express – How old are your bones? New online checker could slash risk of premature death

Vandelannoote, Buultjens et al.’s Research Article, ‘Statistical modeling based on structured surveys of Australian native possum excreta harboring Mycobacterium ulcerans predicts Buruli ulcer occurrence in humans’, was featured in:

Cros et al.’s Research Article, ‘Homeostatic activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor by dietary ligands dampens cutaneous allergic responses by controlling Langerhans cells migration’, was featured in:

Lindmark at al.’s Research Article, ‘Larger but younger fish when growth outpaces mortality in heated ecosystem’, was covered in:

  • Earth.com – Warming waters have an unexpected impact on fish size
  • Europa Press (Spain) – Unexpected effect on fish size from global warming (translated)
  • The Jerusalem Post – Big fish in a warm pond: how has pollution impacted fish?
  • Al Jazeera (Qatar) – Larger sizes, younger ages: Warming water leads to unexpected changes in fish (translated)
  • Descopera (Romania) – The unexpected way warming water affects fish sizes (translated)

This study was also summarised in the eLife press release, ‘Water warming study shows unexpected impact on fish size’.

Chen, Lyu et al.’s Research Article, ‘Increased public health threat of avian-origin H3N2 influenza virus caused by its evolution in dogs’, was featured in:

  • Interesting Engineering – A ‘dog flu’ may soon be able to infect humans, study indicates
  • Supereva (Italy) – Dangerous new flu: It can pass from dogs to humans (translated)
  • Volyn News (Ukraine) – The ‘Dog Flu’ Virus is Mutating: Scientists Warn of the Danger to Humans (translated)
  • Debate (Mexico) – Are dogs “patient zero” of a new pandemic? (translated)
  • Media (Azerbaijan) – A new ‘canine flu’ is spreading around the world (translated)
  • Popular Mechanics – A Dog Flu Is Mutating Into a Virus That Can Infect Humans, Study Says

Chafino et al.’s Research Article, ‘Antagonistic role of the BTB-zinc finger transcription factors Chinmo and Broad-Complex in the juvenile/pupal transition and in growth control’, was featured in:

  • HighTech (Russia) – Cancer processes, metamorphoses and youth: what scientists have learned about the Chinmo, Br-C and E93 genes (translated)

Anderson et al.’s Research Article, ‘PTPN22 R620W gene editing in T cells enhances low-avidity TCR responses’, was mentioned in:

  • The Scientist – Resolving Discrepancies in Mouse and Human Autoimmunity Studies

Jangir et al.’s Research Article, ‘The evolution of colistin resistance increases bacterial resistance to host antimicrobial peptides and virulence’, was featured in:

  • Veja (Brazil) – Antibiotics used in livestock created resistance bacteria in humans (translated)
  • Ça M’intéresse (France) – An antibiotic long used to fatten chickens threatens our immune system (translated)
  • Mediuutiset (Finland) – Fattening chickens has compromised an important part of the human immune system (translated)

Martino, Siri et al.’s Research Article, ‘Inhibitors of Rho kinases (ROCK) induce multiple mitotic defects and synthetic lethality in BRCA2-deficient cells’, was featured in:

  • Jornada (Argentina) – Advances in therapy against tumours resistant to conventional treatments (translated)

Handlin, Novembre et al.’s Research Article, ‘Human endogenous oxytocin and its neural correlates show adaptive responses to social touch based on recent social context’, was featured in:

Diekmann and Cheng’s Research Article, ‘A model of hippocampal replay driven by experience and environmental structure facilitates spatial learning’, was featured in:

Elya et al.’s Research Article, ‘Neural mechanisms of parasite-induced summiting behavior in ‘zombie’ Drosophila’, was featured in:

  • Nauka TV (Russia) – Horror movie script: Biologists have figured out how parasitic fungi create “zombies” (translated)

Suchacki, Thomas, Ikushima et al.’s Research Article, ‘The effects of caloric restriction on adipose tissue and metabolic health are sex- and age-dependent’, was featured in:

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