Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Antioxidants is now inviting nominations for the Antioxidants 2022 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of antioxidants and oxidative stress. All nominations will be assessed by an Award Evaluation Committee led by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr.

The training will take place 23-27 November 2022 at Lodz University of Technology, Poland. The participants have different academic backgrounds: Engineering, Social Sciences/Humanities and of Life Sciences/Environmental Sciences. The program of the training includes: lectures, workshops, students’ presentations of PhD work, individual consultancies of PhD work with international experts.  The objective is to give PhD students from

Loperamide, a common anti-diarrhea drug, may treat the social symptoms of autism. The corresponding study was published in Frontiers in Pharmacology.  Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects key aspects of behavior, communication, and learning. While it can be diagnosed at any age, it is considered a ‘developmental disorder’ as symptoms

Just a few weeks ago, a report in Cell Metabolism showed that a chemical that is often thought of as a waste product released from cells, called lactate, can actually boost the function of immune cells. Another report in Nature Communications has now confirmed those findings, but in this study, the researchers showed that the addition of lactate can help immune

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may help control symptoms of binge-eating disorder and encourage weight loss. The corresponding study was published in Nature Medicine.  Binge-eating disorder (BED) is characterized by frequent consumption of unusually large amounts of food and a feeling of lack of control when eating. It is the most common eating disorder in the

COVID-19 has been harmful to many aspects of human health. Recent research has highlighted how much more likely people are to have a heart attack or stroke in the years after recovering from COVID-19. Scientists are also working to learn more about long COVID, which has impacted millions of people, leaving many of them unable to work

Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is a common vision condition in which objects far away appear blurry. Myopia occurs when the shape of your eye causes light rays to refract incorrectly, resulting in out of focus images.  Nearsightedness often begins in childhood and adolescence. It typically occurs first around the age of 6 and worsens

Almost 8 billion people live in the world today, so there are bound to be strangers who look just like each other. While various analyses have suggested that we don’t all have an exact twin somewhere out there, many people do have a doppelgänger. As social media use and picture sharing has exploded in popularity, more