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Novel insights on carbon source influence on azomycin production by Streptomyces eurocidicus

This study demonstrates that optimizing the balance between glucose and casamino acids in a semi-defined medium, while avoiding soybean oil, significantly enhances azomycin production by *Streptomyces eurocidicus*, achieving a final titer of 69.18 mg/L in a 3L bioreactor.

Julia de Macedo Robert, Wagner Lopes, Alexandre Andrade de Souza Costa, Otavio Padula Padula de Miranda, Tatiane Apareci (…)2026-08-03
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Examination of DNA methylation patterns in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

This study analyzes DNA methylation patterns in 62 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patient-derived organoids to identify four distinct methylation-based clusters that reveal tumor heterogeneity and biological processes beyond existing transcriptomic subtypes, potentially guiding future treatment strategies.

Joana Ribeiro Pinto, Gun Ho Jang, Amy Zhang, Eugenia Flores-Figueroa, Jingxiong Xu, Parisa Shooshtari, Faiyaz Notta, Rob (…)2026-08-03
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Programmed chromosome elimination correlates with the overexpression of cohesin and additional B chromosome-encoded genes in Aegilops speltoides

This study elucidates the molecular mechanism of programmed B chromosome elimination in *Aegilops speltoides* roots, revealing that the overexpression of B-encoded cohesin (SYN2-B) and centromeric histone (CENH3-B) genes, potentially regulated by ethylene signaling, disrupts normal chromosome segregation to drive selective chromosome loss.

Andreas Houben, Gihwan Kim, Jianyong Chen, Johannes Thiel, Amanda Camara, Daiyan Li, Tereza Bojdová, Jörg Fuchs, Maria C (…)2026-08-03
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Phenotype-resolved cis-eQTL Mendelian Randomization and Colocalization Prioritize MAPK3 and UQCC1 in Two Selected Osteoarthritis Candidate Regions

This study integrates cis-eQTL Mendelian randomization and colocalization analyses to prioritize *MAPK3* as a protective candidate and *UQCC1* as a risk-increasing candidate for osteoarthritis, while highlighting the need for further experimental validation to confirm causal mechanisms and distinguish signals from the adjacent *GDF5* locus.

Jiahao Ma, Shiyu Yang, Yibin Du2026-08-03
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Characterization of Clinically Relevant Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Determinants in Environmental Enterobacterales

This study characterizes the Cooum River in Chennai as a significant environmental reservoir for multidrug-resistant and hypervirulent *Klebsiella pneumoniae*, highlighting the critical public health risks posed by the high prevalence of colistin-resistant strains carrying key virulence genes in urban aquatic ecosystems.

Kalieswari Pichaidurai, Saravana Kumar Pachaiyappan, Reena Das2026-08-03
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Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics define a C3-centred multicellular ecology in colorectal liver metastasis

By integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomics with computational modeling, this study defines a C3-centered multicellular ecology in colorectal liver metastasis characterized by a specific malignant state and stromal-vascular interactions that drive poor prognosis and reveal a MAPK-linked network vulnerability potentially targetable by PD-0325901.

Feifei Ma, Yige Yu2026-08-03
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Malignant B-cell States Orchestrate Spatially Organized Immune Ecosystems in B-cell Lymphomas

This study demonstrates that the malignant differentiation state of B-cell lymphomas, rather than histological subtype, causally dictates the spatial organization and immune composition of the tumor microenvironment, revealing a shared developmental continuum where dark zone states drive immune depletion and post-germinal center states promote immunosuppression.

Patrizia Mondello, Alisa Sadekova, ksenia fede, Surendra Dasari, Wesley Au, Moritz Binder, Kirill Kriukov, Mark Meerson (…)2026-08-03
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Pan-cancer analysis identifies DIP2C as a favorable prognostic biomarker and suppressor of cell migration in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma

This study identifies DIP2C as an independent favorable prognostic biomarker and tumor suppressor in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) through comprehensive pan-cancer bioinformatic analyses and in vitro functional validation demonstrating that its downregulation correlates with poor survival and enhanced cell migration.

XinYu Fei, Tingting Zhou, Noor Bahadar, Yao Guo, Zixuan Zhang, Liujia Chen, Zixuan Xu, Huiyan Lv, Linna Rui, Jiachen Zha (…)2026-08-03