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In silico characterization of a putative target reveals a TssM deubiquitinase ortholog as a primary immune-evasion effector in melioidosis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei CM000113

This study employs a multi-layered in silico pipeline to identify a TssM deubiquitinase ortholog in the clinical isolate *Burkholderia pseudomallei* CM000113 as a critical virulence factor that facilitates immune evasion by forming stable complexes with host HLA molecules.

Supriyo Mukherjee, Rajarshi Bhattacharya, Thripthi Nagesh Shenoy, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Somasish Ghosh Dastidar, Sauga (…)2026-08-21
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Aberrations of c-MET drive breast cancer metastasis in an HGF-dominant environment

This study demonstrates that c-MET aberrations drive breast cancer metastasis in a human HGF-dominant environment through a newly identified crosstalk with FGFR3 that activates EMT and immunosuppression, suggesting that combined targeting of MET and FGFR3 is a promising therapeutic strategy.

Shuying Liu, Mihai Gagea, Zhenlin Ju, Hui Dai, Yiling Lu, Rehan Akbani, Samir Hanash, Gordon B. Mills, Shiaw-Yih Lin, De (…)2026-08-21
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The Potential of Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Polymorphisms to Fill the Missing Inheritance Gap of Artemisinin Partial Resistance of Human Malaria Parasites

This study identifies short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms as a significant source of "missing heritability" in *Plasmodium falciparum* artemisinin partial resistance by demonstrating that specific STRs regulate gene expression and are strongly associated with the resistance phenotype, thereby revealing novel potential markers like falcipain 2b and MAK16.

Zbynek Bozdech, Sourav Nayak, Michal Kucharski, Tien Quang Huy Duong, Xavier Roca, Thomas Peto, Rupam Tripura, James Cal (…)2026-08-21
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Short-timescale fluctuation asymmetry precedes chronnectome growth transitions and behavioral development in early infancy

Using a densely sampled longitudinal dataset, this study reveals that short-timescale fluctuation asymmetry (FLARe) serves as a prospective predictor of the transition from local to distributed functional connectome integration and the development of visually guided behaviors during the first six months of infancy.

Vince Calhoun, Liang Ma, Aiden Ford, Zening Fu, Jing Sui, Armin Iraji, Masoud Seraji, Qiang Li, Sarah Shultz2026-08-21
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Metabolic context and cellular ploidy enable functional classification of SDHB exon3 variants

By developing a media- and ploidy-optimized multiplexed assay in HAP1 cells, this study functionally characterizes SDHB exon 3 variants to reclassify approximately 87% of previously uncertain variants as either pathogenic or benign, thereby significantly reducing the clinical burden of variants of uncertain significance in hereditary pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.

Arne Jahn, natasha Lewis, Anja Richter, Andrés Cruz-Garcia, Katarina Fritz-Wallace, Marcel Gebhardt, Frank Tippmann, Dor (…)2026-08-21
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Polytech-CyanoSPO is a chemically rationalized BG11 derivative overcoming precipitation and toxicity for robust cyanobacterial growth

The study introduces Polytech-CyanoSPO, a chemically rationalized BG11 derivative that overcomes precipitation and toxicity issues through four targeted salt substitutions, thereby enabling robust growth and metabolic activity in three toxigenic cyanobacterial strains that fail to thrive in standard BG11 medium.

Bitaisha Nakishuka Shukuru, Natalia Anatolievna Politaeva, Anna Mikhailovna Oparina2026-08-21
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Living deep reservoir computing by microfluidic axon routing

This study demonstrates that a living deep reservoir computing system, constructed using a microfluidic chip with unidirectional axon-routing channels to enforce directed signal propagation, outperforms a bidirectional control group in time-series prediction and music classification tasks, thereby establishing a novel paradigm for high-efficiency bio-hybrid computing.

Ke Wang, Wanqi Dai, Yawen Li, Zhuo Han, Jinshuai Du, Yin Deng, Min Ren, Tian Zhang, longze sha, Qi Xu, Lili Gui, Kun Xu2026-08-21
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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) dysregulation marks a persistent oxidative microenvironment in brain microglia in adult rats following perinatal chorioamnionitis

This study demonstrates that perinatal chorioamnionitis induces persistent dysregulation of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression across distinct microglial subpopulations in adult rats, indicating a lasting oxidative microenvironment in the brain.

Nicholas Wolanske, Phoebe Kim, Milind Kunale, Shenandoah Robinson, Lauren Jantzie, Maide Ozen2026-08-21
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Sexual and intrapopulation variation in the territorial calls of the Blue Petrel (Halobaena caerulea) on Diego Ramírez Island, Chile

This study demonstrates that the territorial calls of Blue Petrels on Diego Ramírez Island exhibit distinct sexual differences, particularly in the number of elements and delta time, while also revealing significant individual vocal signatures and intrapopulation acoustic variation.

Carlos Barrientos, Víctor Raimilla, Erik M. Sandvig, Heraldo V. Norambuena2026-08-21