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Using data from the CoVPN 3008 study, the authors show that the neutralizing antibody correlate of risk holds in people living with HIV. However, the nAb correlate was weaker and shorter-lived in a vaccine-immunity versus hybrid-immunity population.

In this study, the authors report that post-vaccination neutralizing and binding antibody levels in the ENSEMBLE trial associate with Ad26.COV2.S vaccine efficacy (VE) against severe-critical COVID-19, with substantial VE even at unquantifiable neutralizing antibody titer.

Glioblastoma is resistant to immune-checkpoint inhibitors. In this study, the authors report the results of an expansion cohort (n = 25) of a randomized testing neoadjuvant plus adjuvant pembrolizumab versus adjuvant pembrolizumab alone in patients with recurrent glioblastoma with resectable tumors.

Using data from a phase 3 efficacy trial, the authors here show that post-boost Omicron BA.1 spike-specific binding and neutralizing antibodies inversely correlate with Omicron COVID-19 and booster efficacy for naive and non-naive participants, supporting the continued use of antibody as a surrogate endpoint.

Gold-standard evidence for correlates of protection is provided by analysis of a randomized phase 3 trial of Ad26.COV2.S for protection against moderate to severe-critical COVID-19 disease.

Authors have previously reported on the efficacy and safety of the recombinant spike protein nanoparticle vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, in healthy adults. In this work, they assess anti-spike binding IgG, anti-RBD binding IgG and neutralising antibody titer as correlates of risk and protection against COVID-19.

The genetic characterisation of mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) remains limited. Here, single cell multi-omics analysis of 14 adult MPAL patients identifies a stem cell-like transcriptomic signature expressed by MPAL blasts that is indicative of high differentiation potential and gives rise to a gene set score MPAL95 that is predictive of survival.

Building on evidence from the phase 3 COVE trial, the authors report the long-term safety and effectiveness of primary vaccination and boosting with mRNA-1273 against COVID-19, including during emergent variant waves.

The onset and pathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with changes to lipid metabolism. Here, the authors analysed 569 lipids from 32 classes and subclasses in two independent patient cohorts to identify key lipid pathways to link the plasma lipidome with AD and the future onset of AD.

The authors report on prospective exploratory analyses of circulating tumour DNA in an urothelial carcinoma immunotherapy clinical trial.

A substantial proportion of patients with cardiometabolic conditions appear to have normal BMI. Conversely, not all obese individuals exhibit these disorders. Here, we show that a metabolic BMI score derived from lipidomic models, allows quantify metabolic dysregulation in obesity independently of BMI.

Melanoma cells interact with pain-mediating sensory neurons by increasing their release of the neuropeptide CGRP, which increases the exhaustion of CD8⁺ T cells and thus promotes the survival of cancer cells.

Bees are important components of sustainable agriculture through their pollination services, however, they are susceptible to pesticide toxicity. This study presents an ingestible hydrogel microparticle technology that can lessen the detrimental effects of toxicity from the imidacloprid pesticide.

The role of MYC in transcriptional reprogramming in prostate cancer remains poorly characterized. Here, MYC overexpression antagonizes the canonical AR transcriptional program leading to prostate tumor initiation and progression by disrupting transcriptional pause release at AR-regulated genes.

By integrating the serum concentration of a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) with its in vitro 80% inhibitory concentration, the PT₈₀ biomarker may be used to guide target levels of bNAbs for effective prevention of HIV-1 acquisition.

The ability to physically partition the human brain at a spatial resolution comparable to neuroimaging methods enabled the development of a brain-wide atlas of mitochondrial content, specialization and enzymatic oxidation and phosphorylation activities.

Esposito et al. report a role for bone vascular niche E-selectin in promoting mesenchymal–epithelial transition and Wnt signalling in breast cancer cells, thereby enhancing bone metastasis.

ONECUT2 is a targetable transcription factor that antagonizes androgen receptor signaling and drives androgen independence and neuroendocrine differentiation in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

A study shows that clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential is associated with an increased risk of chronic liver disease specifically through the promotion of liver inflammation and injury.

Doan et al. show that loss of cardiac NAD⁺ is sufficient to drive metabolic derangements, hypertrophic remodeling and lethal arrhythmias in adult mouse hearts, despite maintenance of ejection fraction and bioenergetics.

Cancer-associated cachexia is characterized by loss of body weight, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue which relates to higher mortality in cancer patients. Here, the authors show in a lung cancer murine model that both ActRIIB signalling inhibition and restoring appetite are necessary to revert cachexia and improve survival in female mice.

Drake and colleagues demonstrate that castration in prostate cancer models promotes IL-8 secretion and immunosuppressive myeloid-derived suppressor cell migration, and that inhibiting this axis in combination with checkpoint blockade can mitigate tumor progression.

Molecular heterogeneity of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) across patients is a major challenge for prognosis and therapy. Here, the authors show that NPM1 mutated AML is a heterogeneous class, consisting of two subtypes which exhibit distinct molecular characteristics, differentiation state, patient survival and drug response.

Here, the authors suggest that molecular dysregulation on three axes may play a critical role in asthma within the African Diaspora. RNASeq and DNA methylation data are generated from nasal epithelium including cases and controls from seven different geographic sites.

Transcriptional anti-repressors have been largely absent in the design of regulated genetic circuits. Here, the authors present a workflow of the engineering of non-natural anti-reperssors that can be built into NOT oriented logic gates.

Gasdermins mediate lytic cell death by forming pores in the plasma membrane. Here the authors show that gasdermins also permeabilize mitochondrial membrane, thereby facilitating intrinsic apoptosis pathway, downstream of apoptotic (Gasdermin E) and inflammatory (Gasdermin D) caspase activation.

Biochemical and genetic strategies demonstrate that the antifungal natural product beauvericin targets both multidrug efflux and TOR signaling to limit drug resistance and to sensitize resistant pathogens to drug treatment during infection.

Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome causes premature aging. Here the authors show that activation of the DNA damage response at dysfunctional telomeres and transcription of telomeric non-coding RNAs contributes to the pathogenesis, which can be ameliorated by treatment with sequence-specific telomeric antisense oligonucleotides.

The domestic dog is an important model organism for our understanding of cancer and other diseases. Here the authors conduct a genome-wide association study across multiple breeds and identify novel loci significantly associated with several complex diseases and morphological traits.

An improved, fully re-annotated Aedes aegypti genome assembly (AaegL5) provides insights into the sex-determining M locus, chemosensory systems that help mosquitoes to hunt humans and loci involved in insecticide resistance and will help to generate intervention strategies to fight this deadly disease vector.

Genomic analysis of 118 cervical tumors from Ugandan individuals identifies HPV-clade-specific differences in tumor DNA methylation, regulatory-region-associated histone marks, gene expression and pathway dysregulation.

A secure framework that harmonizes storage and querying of clinical and genetic data using blockchain technology was developed to support combined genotype–phenotype queries, improving transparency into how and when health information is used.

Multi-modal analysis is used to generate a 3D atlas of the upper limb area of the mouse primary motor cortex, providing a framework for future studies of motor control circuitry.

The textile industry is one of the largest polluters. Here the authors show that polyethylene is a sustainable alternative textile with water wicking and fast-drying performance. The fabrication of polyethylene fabrics is compatible with standard equipment and could be dry-coloured, further reducing water consumption.

Risk variants for ALS and FTD in the synaptic gene UNC13A increase the expression of an UNC13A cryptic exon in neurons with TDP-43 depletion.