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Olduvai Domains Downregulate Mitochondrial Pathways to Promote Human Brain Evolution and Neoteny

This study demonstrates that the human-specific expansion of Olduvai (DUF1220) protein domains promotes brain evolution and neoteny by dosage-dependently suppressing mitochondrial metabolism, which delays cellular maturation and extends neurogenesis to increase neuron production.

Jonathon G. Keeney, David Astling, Vanessa Andries, Karl Vandepoele, Nathan Anderson, Jonathan M. Davis, Pamela Lopert (…)2026-07-18
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Advancing Precision Medicine in the Korean Population: The Korea Biobank Array v2.0 as a Comprehensive Genomic Resource

The Korea Biobank Array v2.0 is a population-optimized genotyping platform developed using East Asian whole-genome sequencing data that bridges the gap between cost-effective genotyping and comprehensive variant coverage, thereby significantly enhancing rare variant detection, imputation accuracy, and precision medicine applications for the Korean population.

Inhae Jeong, Mi Yeong Hwang, Min Jin Seo, Jae-Pil Jeon, Young Jin Kim, Bong-Jo Kim2026-07-17
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Complementary 2D and 3D cultures deriving from a single human cortical differentiation process recapitulate in vitro neurodevelopmental and neurogenerative features of juvenile Huntington’s Disease

This study presents an integrated differentiation strategy that generates both 2D cortical monolayers and 3D organoids from a single iPSC batch to create a versatile, scalable platform for modeling juvenile Huntington's disease, effectively recapitulating key neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative phenotypes while reducing experimental variability and resource consumption.

Ilaria Genovese, Gaia Galluzzi, Bernadette Basilico, Silvia Di Angelantonio, Jessica Rosati, Giorgia Ruotolo, Angela Mar (…)2026-07-17
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A frontal cortical world model shapes inference of causal relationships in hippocampus

This study demonstrates that causal inference relies on the functional coordination of two dissociable neural systems, where the hippocampus constructs a map of causal relations under the control of the inferior frontal sulcus, which encodes an abstract world model to infer unobserved causal connections.

Shuyi Luo, Muchen Li, Deng Pan, Naomi Kingston, Miriam Klein-Flügge, Ali Mahmoodi, Matthew Rushworth2026-07-17
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Integrated Myocardial and Plasma Lipidome Across the Human Obesity–Heart Failure Spectrum

This study reveals that human heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is characterized by a distinctive accumulation of diverse lipid species in the myocardium that is not driven by obesity alone, differs significantly from heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and is not accurately replicated by common preclinical animal models.

David Kass, David Polhemus, Annie Butt, Craig Resch, Kathryn Tsai, Vatsa Batra, Shuyi Yan, Atharva Mulay, Cinthia Drache (…)2026-07-17
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Base Editing-Mediated Exon-Specific Knockout 1 of Glutamine Synthetase Generates a High-Productivity CHO Cell Line for Antibody Manufacturing

This study demonstrates that using base editing to introduce a premature termination codon specifically in exon 7 of the glutamine synthetase gene creates a complete knockout that yields a high-viability, high-productivity CHO cell line for antibody manufacturing, revealing that the position of the termination codon is a critical determinant of cellular phenotype.

yajing liu, Tianting Pu, Chengcheng Wang, Hui Lou, Ye Mi, Saiyi Zhang, Libo Liu, Zhihua Xiao, Qin Liu2026-07-17