In May we have had a lot of interesting news in the field of health, so much that it has been very difficult to make a selection. To open, we are left with this new scientific milestone that combines medicine and technology: they manage to restore fertility in mice with 3D-printed ovaries. Now we just have to wait and see if it works in humans.
A curious piece of news tells us about the ‘exercise pill’, that kind of El Dorado for those people who are not very fond of sports but who want to benefit from its positive effects on health. At the moment, the famous pill has not been developed in humans, but a team of scientists from the Salk Institute in California have already found a candidate substance that works in mice.
Of course … do you really want to give up the pleasure of exercising? According to another study published in the journal Preventive Medicine , maintaining a high level of physical activity can rejuvenate you by nine years. Not bad at all, right?
Another of the benefits of sport: it helps fight cardiovascular diseases, which were the cause of 18 million deaths in 2015, according to an extensive report published by the World Health Organization in May and which tells us which are the main causes of mortality in the world.
The latest health news we have picked is hopeful. The journal Nature reported on a work in which the DNA of three tumor samples from more than a century ago was sequenced. The researchers hope the results will help drive research into the fight against childhood cancer.
Juno first results
Let’s go to space. Do you remember the Juno mission , which in 2016 began exploring the planet Jupiter ? Well, we are beginning to have data, and some of it is surprising. Two studies published in Science reveal news that Jupiter has a much stronger magnetic field than had been estimated, and it also causes spectacular auroras.
And returning to planet Earth, its biodiversity never ceases to amaze us. As every year, the International Institute for Species Exploration has published its list with the top 10 of the most curious newly discovered species. As always, it opens the door to a fascinating world. World we should take care of more: Another research published in May alerted us that due to climate change, aridity is increasing in Antarctica. Unfortunately, the white continent is getting greener.
We are going to finish with two curiosities . A team from the University has analyzed the interventions and comments of Donald Trump, and has identified in his behavior a series of clinical features that correspond to the typical picture of a specific mental disorder: narcissism.
And we go to the past: a new theory emerges about the origins of the genius Leonardo da Vinci. His mother would be Caterina di Meo Lippi, a peasant woman of humble origin who would have become pregnant with Leonardo when she was only 15 years old.
