Mary Joe

New Research Shows Neurogenesis, Birth Of New Brain Cells, Continues In The Hippocampus Into Old Age, Though Formation Rates Decline With Age And Vary Individually. Using RNA Sequencing & Machine Learning On Postmortem Brains Aged 0–78, Scientists Found Immature Neurons. These Findings Could Aid Neurodegenerative & Psychiatric Treatments.

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US Scientists Found That The Protein Ferritin Light Chain 1 (FTL1) May Drive Brain Aging By Reducing Cognition & Hippocampus Brain Cell (HBC) Connections. Increasing FTL1 In Young Mice Prematurely Aged Their Brains, While Lowering It In Old Mice Reversed Decline. Boosting HBC Metabolism Also Helped. Study Offers Hope To Reverse Brain Aging.

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UQ Scientists Created The World’s First Lab-Grown Human Skin Organoids From Stem Cells, Complete With Blood Vessels, Hair Follicles, & Immune Cells. Developed Over 6 Yrs, This Life-Like Skin Enables Breakthroughs In Treating Burns, Graft Transplants, Wound Healing, Chronic Disorders Like Psoriasis & Scleroderma, And Research & Drug Testing.

China’s $2.2B Animated Blockbuster Ne Zha 2 Is Now The Highest-Grossing Animated Film Ever, Surpassing 2024’s Inside Out 2 ($1.7B). Released 1/29/25 In China, Its English Dub Hits U.S. Theaters 8/22/25 Via A24 In IMAX/3D, With Michelle Yeoh Voicing Lady Yin, Ne Zha’s Mum. Critics Praise Its Visuals & Mythic Storytelling (94% On Rotten Tomatoes).

Jan Janisch-Hanzlik, Nebraska, Became The World’s First Multiple Sclerosis Patient To Receive Donor-Derived (DD) CAR T-Cell Therapy. After Standard Treatments Failed, She Joined A Phase-1 Trial Using DD T-Cells To Target Immune Cells Driving MS. Within 60 Days, Her Dramatic Progress Sparked Hope For Future MS Care & Potential Phase-2 Expansion.

The World’s First Humanoid Robot Games Were Held In Beijing, Aug 15–17, 2025, With ~500 Robots From 280 Teams Across 16 Countries Competing In 26 Events Like Soccer, Boxing, Running, Tai Chi, Medicine Sorting, & Cleaning. Tickets Cost $17.83–$80.77. The Event Showcased Robotics Progress And China’s AI Drive Amid Aging Demographics And Tech Rivalry.

Comet 3I/ATLAS, Spotted By ATLAS In Chile, Is The Fastest Comet Ever At 130k Mph. Likely From A Distant Solar System, Its Speed Comes From Billions Of Years Of Gravitational Slingshots. Hubble Showed Its 1k Ft To 3.5-Mile-Wide Icy Core & Dust Tail. Nearing The Sun By 10/25, It May Disintegrate Or Survive/Speed Up; Its Fate Will Be Clear By 12/25.

Researchers Found That Injecting Reduced HMGB1 Protein From An Oxygen-Free Env. Can Trigger Aging In Healthy Human And Mice Cells, Causing Them To Stop Dividing & Deteriorate. Older Adults’ Blood Has More Of This Reduced HMGB1, Suggesting Aging May Spread Via Blood Signals & Not Just Within Cells, Opening Doors For Anti-Aging Therapies.

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Astronomers Found A Dormant Black Hole (BH) In Galaxy SDSS J1148+1930, 5B Ly Away, Weighing 36.3B Solar Masses (SM), Likely The Largest Confirmed Due To Precise Measurement Via Gravitational Lensing & Stellar Kinematics. Likely Formed From BH Mergers, It Nears The 50B BH SM Theoretical Cap. TON 618’s SM Was Revised To ~40B With Uncertainty.

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In A World First, A Man With Type 1 Diabetes Produced His Own Insulin After Receiving CRISPR-Edited Insulin-Making Pancreatic Islet Cells. CRISPR Reduced Immune-Triggering Proteins & Boosted CD47 To Avoid Rejection Without Immunosuppressants. Injected Into His Forearm, The Cells Still Function 12 Weeks Later, Marking A Potential Cure Step.

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