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Human tubuloids from cryopreserved adult tissue: building a biobank for 3D modeling and precision medicine

This study establishes and comprehensively characterizes a biobank of 40 living human kidney tubuloids derived from fresh and cryopreserved adult tissues, demonstrating their structural fidelity, molecular diversity, and compatibility with microfluidic systems to serve as a robust resource for drug screening, disease modeling, and precision medicine.

Cindy Giraldo, Alodia Lacueva-Aparicio, Rebeca Sanz-Pamplona, Ester Raigón-Gómez, Laura Martínez-Gimeno, María Pilar Tor (…)2026-06-30
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Adenyl cyclase 6 is an evolutionary conserved chief regulator of peripheral nerve development and timely myelination in vertebrates

This study identifies adenylate cyclase 6 (Adcy6) as an evolutionarily conserved, essential regulator within both Schwann cells and neurons that drives timely peripheral nerve development, myelination, and ion channel clustering through cAMP signaling in vertebrates.

Océane El-Hage, Marie-José Boueid, Fanny Magné, Andoni Echaniz-Laguna, Judith Melki, Marcel Tawk2026-06-30
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A Novel AR Splice-Site Variant Causing Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Transcript Confirmation and Lessons for Splice Prediction

This study reports a novel AR c.2319-1G>T variant causing complete androgen insensitivity syndrome via exon 6 skipping, confirming through transcript analysis that canonical splice-site disruptions strongly correlate with this severe phenotype while highlighting limitations in relying solely on in silico prediction tools for non-substitution variants.

Raquel Martinez Ramos, Laura Silva Salvanini, Ana Caroline Freitas Afonso, Reginaldo José Petroli, Sorahia Domenice, Mir (…)2026-06-30
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Comparative Molecular Docking of Roscovitine, Nutlin-3, and Pifithrin-α at the CDK2 ATP-Binding Pocket: Interaction Profiling and Implications for p53 Pathway Modulation

This study utilizes molecular docking simulations to demonstrate that while Roscovitine and Pifithrin-α exhibit strong predicted binding affinities to the CDK2 ATP-pocket with distinct interaction profiles, Nutlin-3 shows significantly weaker binding, suggesting Pifithrin-α warrants further investigation as a potential off-target binder within the p53 signaling pathway.

Sanchit Kumar Rai2026-06-30
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Residual Body-Mass Dependence in VO₂peak Normalization: Comparison of Ratio Scaling, Allometric Modeling, and Regression–Residual Methods

This study demonstrates that while conventional ratio scaling of peak oxygen uptake (VO₂peak) retains significant residual dependence on body mass, regression–residual normalization effectively eliminates this bias, offering a superior alternative to both ratio scaling and conventional allometric modeling for adjusting aerobic capacity across diverse body sizes.

Thomas Fahey, Miguel Rivera2026-06-30✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
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An Acinetobacter baumannii acyltransferase represses pilin production to maintain energy homeostasis and overcome nutritional immunity

The study identifies the *Acinetobacter baumannii* acyltransferase AimS as a critical factor in overcoming host nutritional immunity by repressing pili production and biofilm formation via the regulator CsuR, thereby conserving cellular ATP to maintain energy homeostasis and ensure bacterial fitness during respiratory infection.

Eric Skaar, Dillon Kunkle, Owen Burroughs, Christopher Corcoran2026-06-30
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Aging reprograms the functional, epigenetic, and metabolic landscape of macrophages

This study reveals that aging actively reprograms macrophages through coordinated shifts in epigenetics, metabolism, and function—characterized by reduced cytokine responsiveness, altered lipid metabolism, and phenotype-specific changes—rather than simply causing functional decline, thereby offering a new framework for understanding inflammaging and age-related diseases.

Manasa Suresh, Francisco Tapia Belmonte, Bryan T. Weselman, Xintang Li, Marie Durr, Isabella Duchovny, Yanitza Gutierrez (…)2026-06-30
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Multi-state modeling associates proliferation genes with early estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer recurrence and survival

This study utilizes multi-state modeling to demonstrate that high baseline expression of proliferation-related genes is significantly associated with early recurrence and subsequent mortality in high-risk estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, whereas late recurrence is linked to distinct signaling pathways.

Yongzhe Wang, Christine Quinones, Irene Kang, Hope Rugo, Ernest Martinez, Victoria Seewaldt, Joanne Mortimer, Aritro Nat (…)2026-06-30