最佳边缘2024:波士顿大学十大最受欢迎的科学和澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究故事

COVID(仍然是)和移民吸引了最多的关注,但读者也被超级老人分享他们活到100岁的秘密和一种帮助检测皮肤癌的设备所吸引

Four images: A black and white photo of an elderly woman, a man standing with hands in pockets for a formal headshot, a man standing on a public subway wearing a facemask, and a man with parkinson's working to test a walking device

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最好的边缘 2024: BU’s 10 Most-Read Science and Research Stories

COVID (still) and immigration draw the most views, but readers were also captivated by superagers sharing their secrets of living to 100 and a BU-developed device to help detect skin cancer

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Who do you trust when you need help making sense of the nation’s biggest stories, like immigration, or when you crave advice on topics such as dealing with cold symptoms or saving for retirement? Judging by The Brink’s most-read science and research stories in 2024, many turn to Boston University experts.

今年,医疗保健故事占据了我们阅读量最高的前10名,因为读者们寻求有关COVID的最新消息,或者查看波士顿大学澳门威尼斯人注册健康老龄化、阿尔茨海默病、帕金森病、精神分裂症和皮肤癌的澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究和观点。与经济和移民相关的澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究文章也引起了共鸣,尤其是在充斥着重大承诺和大量错误信息的选举季节。

These are the top 10 most-read stories The Brink published in 2024.


Photo: A woman disposes of a facemask in a public trash can on a sunny day
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今年年初,当美国疾病控制和预防中心将COVID隔离期缩短至24小时时,我们询问了波士顿大学的病毒学家、流行病学家和医生,冠状病毒是否已进入地方性流行阶段——尽管仍然令人担忧,但已得到控制。他们都有不同的看法,但都认为保持警惕很重要。

Photo: A picture of a man posing in front of an open door. He is wearing a button down shirt
Jackie Ricciardi摄

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With immigration top of mind for many voters during the presidential election season, BU economist Tarek Hassan’s research on the impact of migration on wages and economic growth hit home. 他发现移民可以促进当地的创新和收入,甚至可以对持续100年的贸易产生积极影响。

Photo: an up-close portrait of a centenarian wearing glasses and a sweater. Photo is black and white
Jackie Ricciardi摄

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在过去的三十年里,波士顿大学的新英格兰百岁老人澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究调查了超级老人——那些活得很长寿的人。Thanks to their research, they’ve compiled a list of seven behavioral and other factors that could help more of us enjoy longer and healthier lives.

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如果你能活到100岁就好了,但你能负担得起吗?From a creaking Social Security system to poor financial advice to systemic inequality, saving for retirement is hard—and most middle- and working-class people don’t (or can’t) save enough. BU experts on aging, economics, and brain function in later life shared their ideas for taking on retirement challenges at the national and individual levels.

Photo: A man with white hair performance an exercise using a ladder on the ground, under the watchful eye of a PT next to him. The two appear to be in a clinic.
西德尼·斯科特摄

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波士顿大学的神经康复中心是全国著名的帕金森氏症澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究、教育和护理中心,它开创了一系列新的方法来帮助患有这种脑部疾病的患者。它的一个最新的突破是可穿戴软机器人服装,帮助重组步骤变成自信的步伐。但是,如果没有病人和志愿者奉献他们的时间来支持澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究,这项工作就不可能完成。这篇文章的一个引人注目的视频,一个病人分享了他们接受帕金森氏症的故事,赢得了教育进步和支持委员会的第一区最佳奖。

Photo: This image shows microglia and astrocytes, components of our brain's immune system, in the heat of battle against those beta-amyloid protein plaques, the drivers of the concatenation of events presented above. Being able to study them at this level of detail will allow us to better understand the pathology and, hopefully in the near future, to develop effective therapies against the origin of the disease. Image taken with reflection confocal and/or scanning spectral fluorescence microscope LEICA Stellaris 8. Objective: HCX PL APO 63x/1.30 Glyc W.D. 0.30 mm. Composite made from 43 Z-planes with LASX 3D software and post-processed with FIJI.
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在世界各地,5500万人痴呆,其中大部分是与阿尔茨海默氏症。和波士顿大学,澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究人员正在采取不同的方法改善阿尔茨海默氏症的诊断、治疗和护理,同时策划路线治愈。

Photo: A picture of three bottles of Cobenfy, a new medication for Schizophrenia
图片由Bristol Myers Squibb提供

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今年9月,美国食品和药物管理局(fda)批准了百时美施贵宝(Bristol Myers Squibb)的Cobenfy,这是一种被誉为70年来治疗精神分裂症的第一种主要新药物。But was the hype overblown? We asked two BU psychologists who study schizophrenia what Cobenfy might mean for patients.

Photo: A stock photo with two people in the bed separate from each other with a white blanket.
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Over the past four years, we’ve become familiar with the symptoms of coronavirus infection, from fatigue to cough to loss of taste. But a study of more than 2,000 women found it can also impair sexual function. 波士顿大学澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究员阿米莉亚·m·斯坦顿(Amelia M. Stanton)说:“如果你感染了COVID,你可能对性不太感兴趣,也许你的身体对性的准备也不太好。”斯坦顿帮助领导了这项澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究。“But what might be surprising to some folks is that long COVID symptoms really may have a physiological and psychological impact on sexual well-being for women.”

Photo: A small black medical device used for detecting skin cancer
图片由DermaSensor/美国商业资讯提供

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美国食品和药物管理局批准了一种新的非侵入性皮肤癌检测设备,它利用光来帮助临床医生发现潜在的恶性病变——它由一名波士顿大学工程师开发和改进的传感技术提供动力。根据其同名制造商的说法,DermaSensor可以将漏诊的皮肤癌减少一半。In October, Time magazine named it one of the best inventions of 2024.

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    Andrew Thurston is originally from England, but has grown to appreciate the serial comma and the Red Sox, while keeping his accent (mostly) and love of West Ham United. 他于2007年加入波士顿大学,是该大学澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究新闻网站the Brink的编辑;他曾担任校友出版物的主管。在加入波士顿大学之前,他为企业、非营利组织和英国政府编辑消费者和商业杂志。His work has won awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, the In-House Agency Forum, Folio:, and the British Association of Communicators in Business. 安德鲁有一个学士学位英语和大学的相关文献。配置文件

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