A retrospective cohort study aimed to clarify the association between the number of teeth and the incidence of hip fractures.

Malaria, an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, is pathologically linked to the dynamic equilibrium of host innate immune responses. Neutrophils, as pivotal effector cells of the innate immune system, constitute the first line of defense against pathogen invasion. Previous work by Professor Qijun Chen's team demonstrated that neutrophils significantly suppress Plasmodium proliferation during early infection through the release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). However, the precise functional specialization and regulatory dynamics of neutrophil subsets during malaria infection have yet to be fully elucidated. Building upon these findings, the team's preliminary investigations revealed that oral gavage administration of dihydroartemisinin (DHA)—a widely deployed antimalarial drug—in murine models induced a marked elevation in the proportion of splenic Ly6G⁺ neutrophils. Nevertheless, the mechanistic basis underlying the antimalarial efficacy of this specific neutrophil subpopulation, particularly its immunomodulatory capacity, remains deep exploration.

Imagining a future where we can monitor the health of the planet's forests and crops with millimetre precision is no longer science fiction. This is the objective of INTERSEN, a project included in the 2021 State Research Plan and led by the Visual Engineering (eViS) research group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, which is committed to the intelligent combination of spatial data to improve the way we understand and care for our environment.