Journal of Neuroimaging is ASN's flagship title for over 30 years. It offers rapid review, Free Format submission, and open access that reaches more than 10,000 institutions. Submissions can be made via the provided link.
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Duration: flagship title for 30+ years.
Reach: open access available to 10,000+ institutions.
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Global Pain Reference Curves – Age Trend and HDI Findings
Researchers harmonized self‑reported pain data from 6,125,459 participants in 118 countries. They created age‑ and sex‑specific reference curves for 11 pain sites. The curves show pain prevalence rises most steeply before age 55 and is higher in low‑HDI countries at older ages.
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Pain prevalence increases most sharply before age 55 years.
Late‑life prevalence of any bodily pain is 30.6 percentage points higher in the lowest HDI countries than in the highest.
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Science Translational Medicine new issue released
Science Translational Medicine released its new issue. It includes an essay by the 2026 AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award winner and announces a new drug candidate for schistosomiasis.
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Essay: written by the 2026 AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award winner
Drug candidate: new candidate for schistosomiasis announced
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Jonathan the Aldabra giant tortoise DNA study reveals gene tidiness
Researchers sequenced DNA from Jonathan, a 194‑year‑old Aldabra giant tortoise, to investigate longevity. They identified unique variants in 287 genes and measured DNA‑methylation entropy. Findings suggest unusually orderly methylation in mitochondrial genes may support his lifespan.
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Unique variants: Jonathan has distinct variants in 287 genes compared with other Aldabra tortoises.
Methylation entropy: Overall DNA‑methylation entropy is higher than in 12‑ and 90‑year‑old tortoises, but 272 mitochondrial‑related genes show youthful low entropy.