A Baylor College of Medicine team has overcome a major obstacle that limited their ability to continuously grow human norovirus virus, which they require to conduct experiments needed to develop strategies to prevent and treat these serious infections and better understand norovirus biology. The researchers identified factors that restrict viral replication and developed a way to overcome them to optimize long-term viral cultivation.

In a study, published in the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, a team of researchers led by Dr. Michael Golding found that offspring of male mice exposed to antioxidants for six weeks exhibited skull and facial shape differences, even while the father’s health didn’t change. These findings suggest that men should exercise caution when consuming high doses of antioxidants, especially if they’re planning to have children in the near future.   

A new supplement issue of The Gerontological Society of America’s journal The Gerontologist marks 20 years of public health leadership on dementia through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) and highlights unprecedented progress in establishing dementia as a public health priority nationwide. Accelerated through implementation of the federal government’s Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure (BOLD) Act, the supplement documents how brain health, dementia risk reduction, early detection, and caregiving are now core components of public health practice.