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  1. Media Coverage: October roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in October 2018, including The Hindu, Science and Quartz.
  2. eLife backs Plaudit for open sharing of research recommendations

    A collaboration between non-profits eLife, Flockademic and the Center for Open Science aims to make open endorsements of research content possible across platforms.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Young men more likely to die in summer, while older people more at risk in winter regardless of local climate

    Analysis of US death rates in a 37-year period reveals that young men are more likely to die in the summer, and men and women aged 45 years and older remain more likely to die in winter, regardless of the regional climate.
    1. Neuroscience

    Dopamine drives early addiction to heroin

    A new study confirms the role of dopamine neurons in reinforcing the effects of heroin in mice, and could help to refine addiction treatment as well as the development of non-addictive painkillers.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Bone cell response to mechanical force is balance of injury and repair

    Researchers from McGill University and Shriners Hospitals for Children® – Canada shed new light on the complex process involved in bone cells’ response to mechanical injury.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Loss of protein p53 helps cancer cells multiply in ‘unfavourable’ conditions

    The loss of tumour protein p53 ensures cancer cells can still multiply in a hostile environment that lacks proper growth stimuli.
    1. Cell Biology

    Micropeptide restores heart function in mice

    A micropeptide molecule that reverses structural and functional changes in the heart could be a promising target for gene therapy.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its evolutionary tree

    New study suggests prehistoric giant flying squirrels roamed present-day Catalonia, Spain, earlier than previously thought and changed very little in almost 12 million years.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Gene signature predicts outcome after spinal cord injury

    A system-level analysis of differential gene expression after spinal cord injury in humans and animal models reveals gene signatures that can predict functional recovery.
  3. Media Coverage: September roundup of eLife papers in the news

    High-profile news coverage that eLife papers generated in September 2018, including The Times, Xinhua and Quartz.