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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
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SUMOylation of HSF1 orchestrates transcriptional and splicing programs during the proteotoxic stress response

This study reveals that SUMOylation of HSF1 is essential for terminating the proteotoxic stress response by promoting the disassembly of nuclear stress bodies and releasing trapped splicing factors, thereby enabling the timely restoration of normal splicing patterns and cellular homeostasis.

Stefan MUELLER, Upayan Patra, Svenja Kuska, Thorsten Mosler, Timur Makarov, Urbi Mukhopadhyay, Christian Münch, Ulrich K (…)2026-07-17
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Caudate Integrity Shapes Neural Responses to Working Memory Manipulation in Early Parkinson’s Disease

In early Parkinson's disease, individual variations in working memory-related neural activation are primarily driven by caudate integrity, specifically showing a stronger inverse correlation with iron load than a positive correlation with dopamine transporter density, rather than by overt group-level differences compared to healthy controls.

Kathrin Giehl, Hendrik Theis, Adrian L. Asendorf, Magdalena Banwinkler, Ariane Delgado-Sanchez, Verena Dzialas, Robert L (…)2026-07-17