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Development and Application of KASP Markers for Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Genes in Polima CMS and Ogura CMS Systems of Brassica napus

This study developed and validated four KASP markers for Polima and Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility systems in *Brassica napus*, establishing a dual-marker strategy that enables high-throughput, precise identification of cytoplasmic types and nuclear genotypes to improve parental line selection, purity assessment, and the development of isoplasmic restorer lines.

Xinhong Liu, Yuqing Li, Yiming Guo, Xing Zhou, Qian Yang, Liang Qu, Lichao Deng, Mei Li, Bao Li, Tonghua Wang2026-09-04
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Protrusion-tip antibody placement on a DNA origami nanoparticle enhances endothelial ICAM-1 targeting through glycocalyx: a single-donor microphysiological pilot study

This single-donor pilot study demonstrates that placing anti-ICAM-1 antibodies on the rigid protrusion tips of DNA origami nanoparticles significantly enhances their ability to penetrate the endothelial glycocalyx and target cell-surface biomarkers compared to body-placed antibodies, particularly under baseline and early-stage inflammatory conditions.

Samerender Nagam Hanumantharao, Felipe Lee-Montiel, Paul C. Lee2026-09-04
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Facets of plants of phyllosphere arena of Green Belt Area in response to seasonal variations on the fungal Biodiversity

This study reveals that fungal biodiversity in the phyllosphere of Bhopal's urban green belts is governed by a complex interplay of seasonal climate shifts, host-plant specificity, and urban pollution, resulting in distinct seasonal dominance patterns where thermotolerant and melanin-rich species thrive in harsh summer conditions while humidity-loving fungi peak during the rainy season.

Yusra Mariam, Ragini Gothalwal2026-09-04
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Generative atlasing in universal gene expression space defines cell types and microenvironment spectra during disease progression

The authors introduce UniGeneX, a generative single-cell foundation model that maps transcriptomics data into a biologically interpretable Universal Gene Expression space to define cell types and microenvironment spectra, enabling comprehensive tissue atlasing and disease progression tracking in conditions like pulmonary fibrosis and glioma.

Angela Wu, Xiaomeng Wan, Lei Yu, Yuheng Chen, Jiashun Xiao, Mu He, Can Yang2026-09-04
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Tandem Tau and α-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays Reveal α-Synuclein Copathology Potentiates Tau Seeding in Alzheimer’s Disease

This study demonstrates that while tau and α-synuclein seed amplification assays accurately reflect their respective pathological burdens, the presence of α-synuclein copathology in Alzheimer's disease significantly potentiates tau seeding activity, suggesting a unidirectional catalytic relationship that could inform precision medicine approaches for mixed proteinopathies.

Claudio Soto, Damian Gorski, Haley Evans, Michelle Pinho, Zaina Rehan, Matthew Perkins, Emile Pinarbasi, Jon Reader, Sam (…)2026-09-04
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AI as a Biological Primitive: Individual Biological Simulation Without Population-Scale Reference Cohorts for Personalized Care and Drug Development

This paper demonstrates that an artificial biological primitive instantiated from an individual's own longitudinal data can effectively replace population-scale reference cohorts for personalized care and drug development, as evidenced by high-accuracy virtual perturbation results in type 1 diabetes patients and cross-scale generalization to other biological systems.

Maurice Antony Ewing2026-09-04
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Trait anxiety is associated with reduced coupling between physiological dynamics and adaptive learning

Analyzing data from 12 fear-conditioning studies, this paper reveals that trait anxiety is associated with a weakened coupling between physiological arousal (skin conductance) and adaptive learning strategies, suggesting that anxiety involves a constrained coordination between bodily dynamics and the ability to reduce uncertainty in changing environments.

Carlos Ventura-Bort, Maren Klingelhöfer-Jens, Gaëtan Mertens, Alex Wong, Yanfang Xia, Elena Andres, Manuel Kuhn, Vera Bo (…)2026-09-04
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Variant burden, trial power and annotation pitfalls across thirteen host-directed therapy target genes in the GenomeIndia cohort

This study analyzes the GenomeIndia cohort to demonstrate that while host-directed therapy targets for tuberculosis lack sufficient function-impairing variant burden to necessitate pre-trial genotyping, significant allele frequency divergences from European populations and annotation pitfalls highlight the critical need for localized validation before importing therapeutic hypotheses.

Siddalingaiah H.S.2026-09-04