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  • Although immune checkpoint blockade is a standard treatment for patients with malignant mesothelioma, only a minority of patients exhibit radiological response. In a phase II clinical trial (MIST4) investigating the efficacy, safety and molecular correlates of response following treatment with atezolizumab and bevacizumab, the authors demonstrate that the gut microbiota may modulate responsiveness to treatment.

    • Min Zhang
    • Aleksandra Bzura
    • Dean A. Fennell
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-14

  • An analysis of 24,202 critical cases of COVID-19 identifies potentially druggable targets in inflammatory signalling (JAK1), monocyte–macrophage activation and endothelial permeability (PDE4A), immunometabolism (SLC2A5 and AK5), and host factors required for viral entry and replication (TMPRSS2 and RAB2A).

    • Erola Pairo-Castineira
    • Konrad Rawlik
    • J. Kenneth Baillie
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature
    Volume: 617, P: 764-768

  • Craniofacial malformations have been linked to congenital heart defects, as in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, but the mechanisms linking these lineages remain unknown. Here they show that zebrafish nxk2.7 is expressed in cardiopharyngeal progenitors and has roles in craniofacial development that cannot be compensated for by nkx2.5.

    • Caitlin Ford
    • Carmen de Sena-Tomás
    • Kimara L. Targoff
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-19

  • Sampling the viromes of vertebrates, arthropods and plants on an island ecosystem shows that viral transmission between species is strongly affected by phylogeny but less affected by predator–prey relationships and that generalist viruses pose the greatest zoonotic risk.

    • Rebecca K. French
    • Sandra H. Anderson
    • Edward C. Holmes
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Ecology & Evolution
    Volume: 7, P: 1834-1843

  • A global network of researchers was formed to investigate the role of human genetics in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity; this paper reports 13 genome-wide significant loci and potentially actionable mechanisms in response to infection.

    • Mari E. K. Niemi
    • Juha Karjalainen
    • Chloe Donohue
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature
    Volume: 600, P: 472-477

  • Genetic data has led to great advances in our understanding of human evolution and dispersal, but information on more recent events is limited. Here, the authors analyse genotypes from 770,000 US individuals to map the fine-scale population structure of North America after European settlement.

    • Eunjung Han
    • Peter Carbonetto
    • Catherine A. Ball
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 8, P: 1-12

  • A genome-wide association study of critically ill patients with COVID-19 identifies genetic signals that relate to important host antiviral defence mechanisms and mediators of inflammatory organ damage that may be targeted by repurposing drug treatments.

    • Erola Pairo-Castineira
    • Sara Clohisey
    • J. Kenneth Baillie
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 591, P: 92-98

  • In an inter-laboratory study, the authors compare the accuracy and performance of three optical density calibration protocols (colloidal silica, serial dilution of silica microspheres, and colony-forming unit (CFU) assay). They demonstrate that serial dilution of silica microspheres is the best of these tested protocols, allowing precise and robust calibration that is easily assessed for quality control and can also evaluate the effective linear range of an instrument.

    • Jacob Beal
    • Natalie G. Farny
    • Jiajie Zhou
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 3, P: 1-29