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AI-driven discovery of hypoglycemic quorum sensing peptides from the human gut microbiome

This study presents an AI-driven pipeline that successfully identified and validated a novel quorum sensing peptide, GIVL, from the human gut microbiome as a potent α-glucosidase inhibitor that improves glucose homeostasis in diabetic mice, establishing a new framework for discovering microbiome-derived therapeutics for metabolic diseases.

Karsten Kristiansen, chuang Xue, Jianwei Chen, Wei Kang, Ling Peng, Junping Liu, Xiao Zhou, Yujing Liu, Dantong Wang, Xi (…)2026-09-01
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Optimizing Noisy Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Frequency Range for Enhancing Vestibular Perception and Manual Control Performance

This study demonstrates that applying noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation (nGVS) in a higher frequency range (10–30 Hz) significantly improves vestibular direction-recognition thresholds and manual control performance in healthy subjects, whereas a lower frequency range (0–2 Hz) overlapping with natural motion frequencies yields no such benefits.

Austin Bollinger, Scott Wood2026-08-31
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A Phospholipid Synthesis Inhibitor Protects Against Bacterial Infection

This study identifies Gpatin, a small-molecule inhibitor that targets the essential bacterial enzyme PlsY by binding to a unique membrane-exposed pocket and inducing conformational changes to disrupt catalysis, thereby demonstrating potent in vitro and in vivo efficacy against multidrug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens.

Dianfan Li, Zhihao Yue, Yiran Wu, Tao Zhang, Hao Xia, Yannan Tang, Zhaowen Shen, Yihui Pan, Yiheng Li, Tingting Li, Kyeo (…)2026-08-31
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Genetic regulation of circulating metabolome in cattle

This study introduces the Cattle Metabolome Atlas, a comprehensive resource linking genetic variants to thousands of circulating metabolites across dynamic physiological stages, thereby revealing tissue-specific regulatory mechanisms, causal gene-metabolite-trait cascades, and evolutionary conservation with humans to advance cattle breeding and comparative biology.

Lingzhao Fang, Jun Teng, Houcheng Li, Jian Yang, Jingsheng Lu, Chongwei Duan, Zhujun Chen, Xinyi Zhang, Xiuxin Zhao, Fen (…)2026-08-31
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miR-17-5p in Breast Cancer: Spatial Expression and Oncogenic Roles – The Norwegian Women and Health (NOWAC) Study

This study investigates the spatial expression of miR-17-5p in breast cancer tissues from the NOWAC cohort and its functional effects in vitro, suggesting an oncogenic role characterized by associations with younger age, premenopausal status, and increased tumor aggressiveness despite limited statistical significance.

Eline Sol Tylden, André Berli Delgado, Marko Lukic, Line Moi, Lill-Tove Rasmussen Busund, Mona Irene Pedersen, Ana Paola (…)2026-08-31
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PLD4, CD247, and TREM2 as Phagocytosis-Related Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury Identified by Integrated Transcriptomics and Single-Cell Sequencing

Through integrated transcriptomics, single-cell sequencing, and experimental validation, this study identifies TREM2, PLD4, and CD247 as key phagocytosis-related biomarkers in traumatic brain injury, highlighting a novel role for PLD4+ NKT cells in post-injury immunometabolic reprogramming.

Hongling Wen, Rui Zhang, Fang Zhou, Xiaodi Tan, Shengjiao Lan, Longjiu Zhang, Jiangquan Fu2026-08-31