Spotlight

Mission
Impact Journals will be hosting both video and written interviews designed to highlight some of the world’s leading researchers and their institutions. This content will bring forth interesting aspects of biomedical research, and will provide useful advice for young postdocs seeking to make advances in their fields.

Behind the Study: Senescence-Related lncRNA Prognostic Index in Prostate Cancer

Aging

October 26, 2023
Dr. Dechao Feng from the Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, discusses a research paper he co-authored that was published by Aging (Aging-US) in Volume 15, Issue 18, entitled, “Identification of senescence-related lncRNA prognostic index correlating with prognosis and radiosensitivity in prostate cancer patients.” continue reading »

Behind the Study: Biomedical Transformer Language Model for Age-Related Disease Discovery

Aging

October 25, 2023
Dr. Frank Pun, Diana Zagirova, Dr. Anatoly Urban, and Geoffrey Ho Duen Leung from Insilico Medicine Hong Kong Ltd., discuss a research paper they co-authored that was published by Aging (Aging-US) in Volume 15, Issue 18, entitled, “Biomedical generative pre-trained based transformer language model for age-related disease target discovery.” continue reading »

Behind the Study: Poisson Distribution-Based Model of Cancer Rates & Cancer Risk-Dependent Theory of Aging

Aging

October 22, 2023
Dr. Wenbo Yu, Stanley from the Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and University of South Australia details a research perspective he co-authored that was published by Aging (Aging-US) in Volume 15, Issue 17, entitled, “A Poisson distribution-based general model of cancer rates and a cancer risk-dependent theory of aging.” continue reading »

Behind the Study: Global Pandemic Exit Strategy: Equity and Immunity

Oncoscience

October 16, 2023
Dr. Lennard YW Lee, Yuxin Ying and Jola Bytyci from the University of Oxford, UK, elaborate on a recent editorial they co-authored that was published by Oncoscience in Volume 10, entitled, “Exiting the pandemic together: achieving global immunity and equity.” continue reading »

Behind the Study: HER3: A Vital Target in Cancer Treatment

Oncotarget

October 12, 2023
Dr. Omkar Desai describes a research perspective he co-authored with Dr. Rui Wang that was published by Oncotarget in Volume 14, entitled, “HER3- A key survival pathway and an emerging therapeutic target in metastatic colorectal cancer and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.” continue reading »