PLOS ONE
This journal covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine.
PLOS ONE is an inclusive journal community working together to advance science for the benefit of society, now and in the future. Founded with the aim of accelerating the pace of scientific advancement and demonstrating its value, we believe all rigorous science needs to be published and discoverable, widely disseminated and freely accessible to all.
The research we publish is multidisciplinary and, often, interdisciplinary. PLOS ONE accepts research in over two hundred subject areas across science, engineering, medicine, and the related social sciences and humanities. We evaluate submitted manuscripts on the basis of methodological rigor and high ethical standards, regardless of perceived novelty.Visit website: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/
Details last updated 06-Dec-2019
PLOS ONE News
Global longevity gap narrows as men catching up with women's longer lifespans
New Scientist - 17-Jan-2024
Advances in healthcare and lifestyle changes bridge the gender gap in life expectancy
Read more...Why some people find it easier to be a vegetarian than others
New Scientist - 04-Oct-2023
Three gene variants more prevalent in vegetarians, impacting dietary choices
Read more...A high BMI may not indicate an increased risk of death, new study finds
New Scientist - 05-Jul-2023
Overweight is not linked to death for many people, emphasizing that BMI alone is an inaccurate measure of health
Read more...Telomere length may have protective effects against dementia-provide a pathway for future research
Oxford Population Health - 22-Mar-2023
Associations between telomere length and endophenotypes could help treat neurodegenerative disease
Read more...Pet dogs decrease risk of disability in Japanese older adults
ScienceDaily - 23-Feb-2022
More research is needed to understand the beneficial mechanisms behind dog ownership
Read more...Despite nutrient reformulation targets, most companies sell unhealthy foods
Nuffield Department of Population Health - 04-Aug-2021
Food firms in UK failed to meet targets for reducing calories, sugar and salt in their products
Read more...Long-term caloric restriction prevents age-related adiposity in aged mice
Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 02-Jul-2021
Targeting SA-T cells: A promising intervention to control age-related chronic diseases
Read more...Study finds patients with good vitamin D levels half as likely to die of coronavirus
Independent - 26-Sep-2020
Definitely no harm in taking normal levels of vitamin D supplements - and could save your life
Read more...E-cigarettes don't help people give up smoking
New Scientist - 02-Sep-2020
Vaping, patches, sprays - or nothing at all - all pretty much the same with a 10% success rate
Read more...Underlying mechanisms of how cellular senescence leads to neurodegeneration
Buck Institute - 29-Jan-2020
Cellular senescence is now a top research topic and a very messy one in ageing research
Read more...DNA is not your destiny - may only contribute about 5% at most
University of Alberta - 18-Dec-2019
Don't go after commercial DNA testing thinking that it may predict your future
Read more...Genes not the best predictor of human disease risk
University of Alberta - 18-Dec-2019
Risks arise mostly from metabolism, environment, lifestyle, and exposure to various chemicals
Read more...Peptidomimetics could kill even the most resilient microbes
Independent - 10-Jul-2019
UK government is funding the drug development, which could prevent dark edges of medicine
Read more...DIT Gene Editing - Someone Is Going to Get Hurt
New York Times - 14-May-2018
Decentralization of DNA editing techniques will lead to regulatory and public health problems
Read more...Bionic larynx sounds more natural than artificial voice boxes
Digital Trends - 26-Feb-2018
MARCS Institute has demonstrated a groundbreaking noninvasive artificial larynx. Pneumatic Arti...
Read more...Motherhood Causes 11 Years of Telomere Shortening
ScienceAlert - 26-Feb-2018
DNA collected from nearly 2,000 reproductive-age women. Those who had given birth had telomeres ...
Read more...Alpha-2-Macroglobulin in the Cancer Immunity of Naked Mole-Rats
Fight Aging! - 08-Jan-2018
Naked mole-rats are near immune to cancer. So far this resistance has been put down to greater e...
Read more...Supplement can repair and rejuvenate muscles in older adults
Daily News - 19-Jul-2017
Sarcopenia is the deterioration of muscle mass and strength as part of aging. Placebo controlled...
Read more...Eat hot peppers for a longer life
ScienceDaily - 13-Jan-2017
Consumption of hot red chili peppers is associated with a 13 percent reduction in total mortality...
Read more...How to Add 18 Years to Your Life
Men’s Journal - 30-Aug-2016
Canadian study analysed data from 90,000 Canadians to identify the biggest lifestyle threats to l...
Read more...Mind-controlled nanobots could release drugs inside your brain
New Scientist - 25-Aug-2016
Technology demonstration released a drug inside cockroaches in response to a person’s brain activ...
Read more...Twins more likely to live to retirement
New Scientist - 18-May-2016
Identical twins are less likely to die young from unexpected causes. 10% more likely to survive ...
Read more...Monitoring your vital signs from within the gut
Futurism - 29-Apr-2016
Works fine inside pig guts and it's just about the size of a multivitamin pill
Read more...Spit test could predict life expectancy
University of Birmingham - 23-Dec-2015
Lower levels of antibodies in saliva are associated with of an elevated risk of mortality. Study...
Read more...Weak doses of radiation prolong life of female flies
Medical Xpress - 24-Aug-2015
Hormesis, where moderate stress has a stimulating effect on an organism and enables the prolongat...
Read more...Researchers reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics
Kurzweil Network - 07-May-2015
Our goal was to find a precise, ordered schedule of antibiotics that doctors could rely on and kn...
Read more...Rapid blood test to ‘cut antibiotic use’
BBC - 19-Mar-2015
A new blood test can help doctors tease out whether an infection is caused by a virus or bacteria...
Read more...Rhodiola rosea found to increase fruit fly lifespan by 24% on top of restricted calorie effect.
Kurzweil Network - 20-Jun-2013
The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to i...
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