Media Coverage: August roundup of eLife papers in the news

High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in August 2025, including The Japan News, Neuroscience News and the Times of India.
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In our latest monthly media coverage roundup, we highlight the top mentions that eLife papers generated in August. You can view the coverage, listed beneath the corresponding subject areas, below.

In Medicine

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Xiang et al.’s Research Article, ‘Early menarche and childbirth accelerate aging-related outcomes and age-related diseases: Evidence for antagonistic pleiotropy in humans’, was mentioned in:

  • Business Standard – Early puberty, motherhood linked to accelerated ageing, higher disease risk
  • Daily Nation (Africa) – Why early puberty and pregnancy may shorten women’s lifespans
  • Vanguard (Nigeria) – Genetic evidence confirms early puberty accelerates disease risk
  • The Hans India – Early puberty, childbirth may pose several health risks to women

In Ecology

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Seltzer et al.’s Reviewed Preprint, ‘Female Moths Incorporate Plant Acoustic Emissions into Their Oviposition Decision-Making Process’, was covered in:

In Neuroscience

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Rademacher, Doric, Haddad et al.’s Research Article, ‘Chronic hyperactivation of midbrain dopamine neurons causes preferential dopamine neuron degeneration’, was featured in:

  • Neuroscience News – Overactive Neurons May Drive Parkinson’s Cell Death
  • News Medical – Chronic neuron overactivation may drive Parkinson's disease progression
  • The Hans India – Overworked brain cells may burn out in Parkinson's disease: Study
  • NDTV (India) – Overworked Brain Cells May Burn Out In Parkinson's Disease: Study

In Cell Biology and Neuroscience

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Goswami, Weh et al.’s Research Article, ‘Glutamine catabolism supports amino acid biosynthesis and suppresses the integrated stress response to promote photoreceptor survival’, was featured in:

  • Medical Xpress and MSN – Amino acid glutamine is important for eye health, research finds

In Biochemistry and Chemical Biology, and Epidemiology and Global Health

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Pan et al.’s 2022 Research Article, ‘Association of egg consumption, metabolic markers, and risk of cardiovascular diseases: A nested case-control study’, was mentioned in:

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