Children exposed to maternal smoking before birth are more likely to experience behavioral and mental health challenges, according to a large study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program.

Salk scientists have created a platform to study mitochondrial DNA mutations that lead or contribute to human disease, and generated a library of 155 mitochondrial DNA mutant cells using the platform. The platform, library, and findings will accelerate therapeutic development for mitochondrial disorders, as well as help scientists treat mitochondrial dysfunction in other diseases and conditions like cancer or aging.

Researchers have discovered that the immune system's T cells can travel to the prostate to provide long-term protection against infections. Their findings suggest we might harness these same disease-fighting cells to treat prostate cancer.