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Human Health

The concept of health refers to so much more than whether or not you are sick. When researchers and doctors study health, they are studying the way that the body works: what can break it down, and what can make it better - how to protect it, and how to make it more resilient. This section of Frontiers for Young Minds will include articles from across nutrition and fitness - disease and physiology – genetics and the environment - treatments and medicine – body and mind - and changes that happen as we grow. It will also include articles about the myriad of complex tools and sophisticated techniques that are available for studying the body. By providing access to fundamental concepts and cutting-edge knowledge about health, this section hopes to help young scientists to know more about the ways living beings are able to maintain a state of physical and mental health. There is still so much more to be discovered and understood, and we can only rely on a new generation of brilliant young minds to make this happen.

Editorial board

Associate Editors

Atsushi Asakura
Atsushi Asakura
University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
Ali Boolani
Ali Boolani
Clarkson University, United States
EESIN CHEN
EESIN CHEN
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Sagar Chittori
Sagar Chittori
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States
Ornella Cominetti
Ornella Cominetti
Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland
Valeria Costantino
Valeria Costantino
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Markus Covert
Markus Covert
Stanford University, United States
Anthony D'Antoni
Anthony D'Antoni
Wagner College, United States
Rossana De Lorenzi
Rossana De Lorenzi
Associazione Adamas Scienza, Italy
Cristina Dragoi
Cristina Dragoi
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Laura Ferraro
Laura Ferraro
University of Palermo, Italy
Jorge Galindo-Villegas
Jorge Galindo-Villegas
Nord University, Norway
Tansy Hammarton
Tansy Hammarton
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Daniel Hermens
Daniel Hermens
Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Chandrasekaran Jayaraman
Chandrasekaran Jayaraman
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, United States
Michelle Juarez
Michelle Juarez
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
Michal Letek
Michal Letek
Universidad de León, Spain
Caio Maximino
Caio Maximino
Federal University of South and Southeast of Pará, Brazil
Réka Mizsei
Réka Mizsei
Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, United States
Bergithe Eikeland Oftedal
Bergithe Eikeland Oftedal
University of Bergen, Norway
Kunkai Su
Kunkai Su
Zhejiang University, China
Vitor Valenti
Vitor Valenti
São Paulo State University, Brazil
Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar
Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Australia
Slavica Vuckovic
Slavica Vuckovic
The University of Queensland, Australia
Viduranga Waisundara
Viduranga Waisundara
Australian College of Business and Technology, Sri Lanka
Kelly Westlake
Kelly Westlake
School of Medicine, University of Maryland, United States
Bahtiyar Yilmaz
Bahtiyar Yilmaz
University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland

Science Mentors

We would like to thank our team of Science Mentors for their valuable contribution to Frontiers for Young Minds.

Their input and guidance during the review process helps our Young Reviewers understand the importance of their role and their connection to the scientific community.

Ellie Abdi
Ellie Abdi
Pragyan Acharya
Pragyan Acharya
Ines Adam-Dima
Ines Adam-Dima
Colin Adrain
Colin Adrain
Sheikh Ahmad
Sheikh Ahmad
Emilio Alarcon
Emilio Alarcon
Somayah Albaradei
Somayah Albaradei
Ricardo Alberca
Ricardo Alberca
Nicolae Alina-Crenguta
Nicolae Alina-Crenguta
Anna Alkozei
Anna Alkozei
Lucia Alvarado-Arnez
Lucia Alvarado-Arnez
Soumya Anandan
Soumya Anandan
Jason Anema
Jason Anema
Onyebuchi Arah
Onyebuchi Arah
MEENAKSHI ARORA
MEENAKSHI ARORA
Demetrios Arvanitis
Demetrios Arvanitis
Marianne Aznar
Marianne Aznar
Amirhesam Babajani
Amirhesam Babajani
Jieyun Bai
Jieyun Bai
Marcio Bajgelman
Marcio Bajgelman
Yachel Baker
Yachel Baker
Prabhu Balan
Prabhu Balan
Shyam Bansal
Shyam Bansal
Asma Bashir
Asma Bashir
Sujit Basu
Sujit Basu
Nordin Ben Seddik
Nordin Ben Seddik
Cicero Benjamim
Cicero Benjamim
Reinaldo Bestetti
Reinaldo Bestetti
Maria Assunta Bevilacqua
Maria Assunta Bevilacqua
Sanchita Bhadra
Sanchita Bhadra
Priya Bhosale
Priya Bhosale
Sosipatros Boikos
Sosipatros Boikos
Heleena Moni Bottu
Heleena Moni Bottu
Natalia Bravo-Santano
Natalia Bravo-Santano
Meredith Brockway
Meredith Brockway
Kathleen Bubb
Kathleen Bubb
Paulina Buffle
Paulina Buffle
Vinay Bulusu
Vinay Bulusu
Richard Burchmore
Richard Burchmore
Jamie Burkitt
Jamie Burkitt
Cora Burt
Cora Burt
Yusuf Cakmak
Yusuf Cakmak
Jean Calleja-Agius
Jean Calleja-Agius
Alessia Caso
Alessia Caso
Christopher Cederroth
Christopher Cederroth
Renee WY Chan
Renee WY Chan
Abhishek Chandra
Abhishek Chandra
Adithan Chandrasekaran
Adithan Chandrasekaran
Sylvia Cheung
Sylvia Cheung
Chetan Chitnis
Chetan Chitnis
Sagar Chittori
Sagar Chittori
Ishita Choudhary
Ishita Choudhary
Goutam Chowdhury
Goutam Chowdhury
YiFang Chu
YiFang Chu
Ai Lin Chun
Ai Lin Chun
Liliana Ciobanu
Liliana Ciobanu
Louise Coats
Louise Coats
Andres Contreras
Andres Contreras
Cushla Cooper
Cushla Cooper
Susana Couto Irving
Susana Couto Irving
Blessing Crimeen-Irwin
Blessing Crimeen-Irwin
Jill Crittenden
Jill Crittenden
Carla Cunha
Carla Cunha
Daniel Czyz
Daniel Czyz
Amal Dameer
Amal Dameer
Anjan Debnath
Anjan Debnath
Menton Deweese
Menton Deweese
Rebecca Dewey
Rebecca Dewey
Abhijit Dey
Abhijit Dey
Antonella Di Mambro
Antonella Di Mambro
Elisa Di Pasquale
Elisa Di Pasquale
Nana Diarra Dit Konté
Nana Diarra Dit Konté
Michael Diggs
Michael Diggs
Alexandra Dimitri
Alexandra Dimitri
Oliver Distler
Oliver Distler
Jennifer Donnelly
Jennifer Donnelly
Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy
Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy
Christina Driver
Christina Driver
Maira Du Plessis
Maira Du Plessis
Eugenia Duodu
Eugenia Duodu
Andre Duraes
Andre Duraes
Partha Dutta
Partha Dutta
Wael Elhenawy
Wael Elhenawy
Kari Ersland
Kari Ersland
Elisabeth Ersvær
Elisabeth Ersvær
Floriana Fabbrini
Floriana Fabbrini
Cecilia Facchi
Cecilia Facchi
Elvira Fatsini Fernández
Elvira Fatsini Fernández
Jorge Fernandes
Jorge Fernandes
Dr. Michelle Fernandes, MBBS MRCPCH DPhil (Oxon)
Dr. Michelle Fernandes, MBBS MRCPCH DPhil (Oxon)
Klavdja Fignole
Klavdja Fignole
Tanya Flushman
Tanya Flushman
Maria Fernanda Forni
Maria Fernanda Forni
Angela França
Angela França
Madhavi Ganapathiraju
Madhavi Ganapathiraju
Monica Gestal
Monica Gestal
Marjan Gharagozloo
Marjan Gharagozloo
Henk Giele
Henk Giele
Ignacio Gimenez
Ignacio Gimenez
Manisha Goel
Manisha Goel
Manisha Goel
Manisha Goel
Luciana Goncalves
Luciana Goncalves
Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon
Amy Gorin
Amy Gorin
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb
Swati Goyal
Swati Goyal
Michael Grandner
Michael Grandner
Anthony Guerrerio
Anthony Guerrerio
Nishma Gupta
Nishma Gupta
Julia Haarhuis
Julia Haarhuis
Todd Hagobian
Todd Hagobian
Nicole Hagobian
Nicole Hagobian
Syed Asfarul Haque
Syed Asfarul Haque
Melissa Hawkins
Melissa Hawkins
Stanley Heinze
Stanley Heinze
Rowena Hoare
Rowena Hoare
Krishali Hoffman
Krishali Hoffman
Anthony Holmes
Anthony Holmes
Jamal Houssaini
Jamal Houssaini
Mei Fang Hsu
Mei Fang Hsu
Lixuan Huang
Lixuan Huang
Wendy Huddleston
Wendy Huddleston
Yu-San Huoh
Yu-San Huoh
Elena Itskovich
Elena Itskovich
Binu Jacob
Binu Jacob
Theju Jacob
Theju Jacob
Vinaya Jaikumar
Vinaya Jaikumar
Prashant Jauhari
Prashant Jauhari
Jeeyon Jeong
Jeeyon Jeong
Melanie Jimenez
Melanie Jimenez
Praveen Juvvadi
Praveen Juvvadi
Aardra Kachroo
Aardra Kachroo
Aswani Kancherla
Aswani Kancherla
Maribasappa Karched
Maribasappa Karched
Dr. Kawaljit Kaur
Dr. Kawaljit Kaur
Karishma Kaushik
Karishma Kaushik
John Kehoe
John Kehoe
Enver Keleszade
Enver Keleszade
Trisha Kesar
Trisha Kesar
Shahira Khair
Shahira Khair
Soyeon Kim
Soyeon Kim
Adam Kleinman
Adam Kleinman
Gabry Kuijten
Gabry Kuijten
Yael Kuperman
Yael Kuperman
Julien Lafrance-Vanasse
Julien Lafrance-Vanasse
Joseph Larkin
Joseph Larkin
Richard Larson
Richard Larson
Elena Lenci
Elena Lenci
Thomas Li
Thomas Li
Bingyun Li
Bingyun Li
Jing Li
Jing Li
Jing Li
Jing Li
Wei Li
Wei Li
Nan Lin
Nan Lin
Penelope Lind
Penelope Lind
Dongliang Liu
Dongliang Liu
Elizabeth Lorenc
Elizabeth Lorenc
Ying Luo
Ying Luo
Pasquale Maffia
Pasquale Maffia
Amina Mahmood
Amina Mahmood
Shaista Malik
Shaista Malik
Karthik Mallilankaraman
Karthik Mallilankaraman
Liviu-Catalin Mara
Liviu-Catalin Mara
Adam Marcus
Adam Marcus
Elisabeth Marnik
Elisabeth Marnik
Felix Marsh-Wakefield
Felix Marsh-Wakefield
Marina Martello
Marina Martello
Muralikannan Maruthamuthu
Muralikannan Maruthamuthu
Sandra Maruyama
Sandra Maruyama
Claudia Mazzarella
Claudia Mazzarella
Andre Luis Mazzari
Andre Luis Mazzari
Keri McCrickerd
Keri McCrickerd
Richard McCulloch
Richard McCulloch
Larisa McLoughlin
Larisa McLoughlin
Larry Medsker
Larry Medsker
Carlos Monteiro
Carlos Monteiro
Michael Morris
Michael Morris
Mary Morrison
Mary Morrison
Marta Mosca
Marta Mosca
Daisy Motta-Santos
Daisy Motta-Santos
Alvaro Mourenza Flórez
Alvaro Mourenza Flórez
Mukul Mukherjee
Mukul Mukherjee
Elena Muraro
Elena Muraro
Ambika Murthy
Ambika Murthy
Jesús Navas
Jesús Navas
Marie Neunez
Marie Neunez
Siew Kit Ng
Siew Kit Ng
Silindile Ngcobo
Silindile Ngcobo
Larissa Nitschke
Larissa Nitschke
Keren Nitzan
Keren Nitzan
Caroline Niziolek
Caroline Niziolek
Parisa Norouzitallab
Parisa Norouzitallab
Dorotheah Obiri
Dorotheah Obiri
Unini Odama
Unini Odama
Alyssa Olenick
Alyssa Olenick
Elaine Osório
Elaine Osório
Onikepe Owolabi
Onikepe Owolabi
Rashmi Panigrahi
Rashmi Panigrahi
Hyun Jung Park
Hyun Jung Park
Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker
Santosh Patnaik
Santosh Patnaik
BAGMI PATTANAIK
BAGMI PATTANAIK
Gianluca Pellino
Gianluca Pellino
Patricia Pereiro
Patricia Pereiro
Jack Phelan
Jack Phelan
Tatiana Pinto
Tatiana Pinto
Kannapiran Ponraj
Kannapiran Ponraj
John Prensner
John Prensner
Ligia Presumido
Ligia Presumido
Helen Price
Helen Price
Medha Priyadarshini
Medha Priyadarshini
Margherita Protasoni
Margherita Protasoni
Diego Quattrone
Diego Quattrone
Haya Raef
Haya Raef
Khashayar Rafatzand
Khashayar Rafatzand
Gokul Raghunath
Gokul Raghunath
Hasumati Rahalkar
Hasumati Rahalkar
Rodrigo Raimundo
Rodrigo Raimundo
Rodrigo Raimundo
Rodrigo Raimundo
Parameswaran Ramakrishnan
Parameswaran Ramakrishnan
JOSE RAMOS-VIVAS
JOSE RAMOS-VIVAS
Carmine Recchiuto
Carmine Recchiuto
Hasibur Rehman
Hasibur Rehman
Stephanie Richardson-Solorzano
Stephanie Richardson-Solorzano
Adam Rodaway
Adam Rodaway
Gabriella Rodolico Gibson
Gabriella Rodolico Gibson
Andrew Roe
Andrew Roe
Daniel Rojas-Valverde
Daniel Rojas-Valverde
Avner Ronen
Avner Ronen
JUAN ROSADO DIONISIO
JUAN ROSADO DIONISIO
Antonietta Rossi
Antonietta Rossi
Simon Rousseau
Simon Rousseau
Oscar Ruiz
Oscar Ruiz
Athavan Alias Anand S
Athavan Alias Anand S
Suleman Sabir
Suleman Sabir
Patricia Saleeby
Patricia Saleeby
Madhuri Salker
Madhuri Salker
Marsal Sanches
Marsal Sanches
Teresa Sanchez-Gutierrez
Teresa Sanchez-Gutierrez
Hitesh Sandhu
Hitesh Sandhu
Anita Sanghani-Kerai
Anita Sanghani-Kerai
Ana Raquel Santa-Maria
Ana Raquel Santa-Maria
Marlene Santos
Marlene Santos
Giselle Saulnier Sholler
Giselle Saulnier Sholler
Hannah Scales
Hannah Scales
Idan Segev
Idan Segev
Ananya Sen
Ananya Sen
Raghu Sesha Iyengar
Raghu Sesha Iyengar
Rajendra Prasad Settem
Rajendra Prasad Settem
Sheetal Shetty
Sheetal Shetty
Yoshihisa Shimada
Yoshihisa Shimada
Khalid Siddiqui
Khalid Siddiqui
Gabrielle Simcock
Gabrielle Simcock
Samsher Singh
Samsher Singh
Nevil Singh
Nevil Singh
Anita Singh
Anita Singh
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith
Marta Soares
Marta Soares
Vimig Socrates
Vimig Socrates
Dorothy Sojka
Dorothy Sojka
Yuan Song
Yuan Song
Shashikant Srivastava
Shashikant Srivastava
Deborah Stroka
Deborah Stroka
Krishna Chaitanya Suddala
Krishna Chaitanya Suddala
Hui Sun
Hui Sun
Xiang Sun
Xiang Sun
Sripathi Sureban
Sripathi Sureban
Henry Sutanto
Henry Sutanto
Christopher Sylvester
Christopher Sylvester
Katalin Szabo-Taylor
Katalin Szabo-Taylor
Rosaria Talarico
Rosaria Talarico
Fatemeh Talebian
Fatemeh Talebian
Christine Tallon
Christine Tallon
Louise Taylor
Louise Taylor
Arjan Te Pas
Arjan Te Pas
Meredith Tennis
Meredith Tennis
Anna Thalacker-Mercer
Anna Thalacker-Mercer
Courtney Thomas
Courtney Thomas
Beti Thompson
Beti Thompson
Katja Thuemmler
Katja Thuemmler
Amit Tiwari
Amit Tiwari
Vincenzo Torraca
Vincenzo Torraca
Amanda Tose
Amanda Tose
Giada Tripoli
Giada Tripoli
Tuerhongjiang Tuxun
Tuerhongjiang Tuxun
Beatrice Ugiliweneza
Beatrice Ugiliweneza
Anca Ungurianu
Anca Ungurianu
Rajesh Uthamanthil
Rajesh Uthamanthil
Olivier Vandenberg
Olivier Vandenberg
Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar
Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar
Alison Ventura
Alison Ventura
Parvathy Venugopal
Parvathy Venugopal
Slavena Vylkova
Slavena Vylkova
Viduranga Waisundara
Viduranga Waisundara
Sophia Wang
Sophia Wang
Amy Wang
Amy Wang
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang
Azza Warraitch
Azza Warraitch
Alina West
Alina West
Madeleine White
Madeleine White
Kathryn Wierenga
Kathryn Wierenga
Anette Wolff
Anette Wolff
Pamela Wong
Pamela Wong
Linda Yip
Linda Yip
Ronald YU
Ronald YU
Tayyaba Zainab
Tayyaba Zainab
Laure Zeboulon
Laure Zeboulon
Weici Zhang
Weici Zhang
Jun Zhang
Jun Zhang
XY Zhang
XY Zhang
Jingyuan Zhang
Jingyuan Zhang