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Integrated genomic and functional characterization of salt stress adaptation and plant growth-promoting traits in the newly isolated Kosakonia cowanii strain T6-2

This study characterizes the newly isolated halotolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium *Kosakonia cowanii* strain T6-2, demonstrating through integrated genomic and functional analyses that it mitigates salt stress via specific osmoprotectant accumulation and ion transport mechanisms while enhancing crop growth and nutrient availability in saline agroecosystems.

Estiak Ahmmed, Qingzhen Xiong, Xinyue Yang, Baofu Qin, Hong Xu, Lixin Zhang2026-09-11
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Perfusable Three-Dimensional Polyurethane (PU) Scaffold Platform Promotes Multicellular Tumor Spheroid (MCTS) Formation of U87 Glioblastoma for Tumor Microenvironment Modeling

This study presents a biomimetic, perfusable three-dimensional polyurethane scaffold with brain-mimetic mechanical properties and interconnected pores that supports the long-term formation, viability, and drug-responsive growth of U87 glioblastoma multicellular tumor spheroids for advanced tumor microenvironment modeling and preclinical therapeutic screening.

Kevin L. Zhang, Rabab Hamzah, Jeffrey Chu, Matthew Duazo, Samuel Kaldas, Robert Griffin, Karrer Alghazali2026-09-11
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Feasibility of a Within-Subject fMRI Design for Eyeblink Conditioning in Future Treatment Studies

This study demonstrates that a within-subject fMRI design for delay eyeblink conditioning is feasible for future treatment research, as it successfully elicited comparable behavioral and neural learning effects across two sessions in healthy participants, despite the need to account for session effects and learning transfer.

Dana Reschwamm, Frederik Schlitt-Nguyen, Zsofia Spisak, Friedrich Erdlenbruch, Andreas Thieme, Sönke Konrad, Sillay Aziz (…)2026-09-11
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Tissue- and compartment-resolved brain age reveals vascular-metabolic and neurodegenerative aging

This study introduces a compartment-resolved brain age framework that distinguishes vascular-metabolic aging in white matter from neurodegenerative aging in gray matter, revealing that white matter age is driven by cardiometabolic risks and tau pathology while offering insights beyond traditional gray matter estimates.

Hosung Kim, Cong Zang, Jinsan Lee, Elizabeth Haddad, Gilsoon Park, Jianwei Zhang, Jahae Kim, Kangho Choi, Yaqiong Chai (…)2026-09-11
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Bioactive Metabolite Profiling and Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Activity of Marine Anabaena spp.: A GC–MS-Based Study

This study demonstrates that the methanolic extract of a Mediterranean marine *Anabaena* strain exhibits broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against various bacterial and fungal pathogens, a property attributed to twenty identified bioactive lipid-derived metabolites, primarily fatty acids and their derivatives, as revealed by GC–MS analysis.

reham gamal, Ahmed Ismail2026-09-11
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Integrative transcriptomic and cistromic analyses reveal endothelial mechanotransduction–clock coupling and TEAD-dependent regulation of CRY1 and CLOCK in pulmonary arterial hypertension

This study integrates multi-omics analyses and experimental validation to demonstrate that in pulmonary arterial hypertension, endothelial mechanotransduction drives the upregulation of circadian clock genes CRY1 and CLOCK through a TEAD-dependent YAP/TAZ signaling axis.

Ruixian Wu, Sujian Cao, Jian Wang2026-09-11