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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    General trends in the calnexin-dependent expression and pharmacological rescue of clinical CFTR variants

    Austin Tedman, John A Olson III ... Jonathan P Schlebach
    Combining deep mutational scanning with CRISPR, interactome measurements, and electrophysiology reveals nuanced effects of the lectin chaperone calnexin on the pharmacological properties of 232 cystic fibrosis variants.
    1. Evolutionary Biology

    Integration of multi-level dental diversity links macro-evolutionary patterns to ecological strategies across sharks

    Roland Zimm, Vitória Tobias Santos, Nicolas Goudemand
    Shark dentition is a complex and hyper-diverse trait integrating multiple spatial levels, with mid-scale features being most crucial for functional adaptation, revealing evolutionary patterns that offer insights into distinct ecological strategies.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Dock-and-lock binding of SxIP ligands is required for stable and selective EB1 interactions

    Teresa Almeida, Eleanor Hargreaves ... Igor Barsukov
    Structural analysis reveals a two-step EB1-SxIP binding mechanism and identifies ligand mutations that greatly enhance affinity, offering potential therapeutic avenues for targeting microtubule plus end interactions.
    1. Cell Biology

    Evidence of centromeric histone 3 chaperone involved in DNA damage repair pathway in budding yeast

    Prakhar Agarwal, Anushka Alekar ... Santanu K Ghosh
    Genetic and biochemical assays reveal the role of Scm3 in genome stability by regulating the DNA damage checkpoint pathway in budding yeast.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The impact of different antimicrobial exposures on the gut microbiome in the ARMORD observational study

    Leon Peto, Nicola Fawcett ... Ann Sarah Walker
    Metagenomic sequencing of stool samples from 225 hospital patients and healthy volunteers reveals the impact of different antimicrobial exposures on the gut microbiome.
    1. Medicine

    Addressing cultural and knowledge barriers to enable preclinical sex inclusive research

    Brianna N Gaskill, Benjamin Phillips ... Natasha A Karp
    Targeted education corrects key misconceptions and identifies methods to influence intent to use sex-inclusive designs in in vivo studies.
    1. Neuroscience

    Human neurocomputational mechanisms of guilt-driven and shame-driven altruistic behavior

    Ruida Zhu, Huanqing Wang ... Chao Liu
    Harm and responsibility differentially shape guilt and shame, which in turn drive compensatory behavior to varying extents.
    1. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Glycogen engineering improves the starvation resistance of mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic efficacy in pulmonary fibrosis

    Yongyue Xu, Mamatali Rahman ... Qiong Wu
    Glycogen engineering strategies of mammalian cells were developed, which improved the survival of mesenchymal stem cells post-implantation and their therapeutic efficacy in pulmonary fibrosis model.
    1. Physics of Living Systems

    Theory of active self-organization of dense nematic structures in the actin cytoskeleton

    Waleed Mirza, Marco De Corato ... Marino Arroyo
    Theoretical and computational modeling reveals a mechanism of active patterning of uniform isotropic actin gels into dense nematic bundles, providing a physical basis for the adaptability of the actin cytoskeleton.