Media Coverage: July roundup of eLife papers in the news

High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in July 2018, including BBC News, Nature and Smithsonian magazine.
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In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in July. You can view the coverage, along with the related research articles, below:

Minhas, Bawdon et al.’s Research Article, ‘Structural basis of malodour precursor transport in the human axilla’, was mentioned in:

Zhang et al.’s Research Article, ‘Antibiotic-induced acceleration of type 1 diabetes alters maturation of innate intestinal immunity’, was featured in:

Cande et al.’s Research Article, ‘Optogenetic dissection of descending behavioral control in Drosophila’, was highlighted in:

  • Nature – Mapping behaviors to descending neurons

The Research Articles by Mallery et al., ‘IP6 is an HIV pocket factor that prevents capsid collapse and promotes DNA synthesis’, and Márquez et al., ‘Kinetics of HIV-1 capsid uncoating revealed by single-molecule analysis’, were covered in:

  • ScienceAlert – BREAKING: We Just Discovered The Molecule That Makes HIV So Stealthy
  • Specialty Pharmacy Times – Investigation of Hepatitis B Virus Capsid Function Could Lead to New Therapies

Aman et al.’s Research Article, ‘Wnt/β-catenin regulates an ancient signaling network during zebrafish scale development’, was mentioned in:

  • Smithsonian – Combing Through the Fishy Origins of Human Hair
  • Gizmodo – Fur, Feathers, Hair, and Scales May Have the Same Ancient Origin
  • PLOS Paleo Community – Fossil Friday Roundup: July 20, 2018

Yao et al.’s Research Article, ‘A selective gut bacterial bile salt hydrolase alters host metabolism’, was featured in:

  • New Atlas – Removing single gene from gut bacteria found to alter host's metabolism
  • The Siasat Daily – Genetic change in gut bacteria alters host metabolism
  • Outlook India – Genetic change in gut bacteria alters host metabolism
  • News-Medical.Net – Deleting single gene in gut bacteria affects metabolism, reduces weight gain in mice

You can read the eLife press release about this study here.

Mirbaha et al.’s Research Article, ‘Inert and seed-competent tau monomers suggest structural origins of aggregation’, was mentioned in:

And the Feature Article by Eve Marder, ‘Living Science: The voice of evidence’, was covered in:

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