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    1. Medicine
    2. Immunology and Inflammation
    3. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Focus Issue: Trained Immunity

    Edited by Satyajit Rath et al.
    Our latest Focus Issue looks at what we’ve learnt over the past decade and what’s next for the field of trained immunity.
    1. Medicine

    Cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous effects of Arginase 2 on cardiac aging

    Duilio M Potenza, Xin Cheng ... Xiu-Fen Ming
    Arginase 2 in macrophages promotes cardiac aging phenotype via paracrine release of IL-1β.
    1. Medicine

    Addressing cultural and knowledge barriers to enable preclinical sex inclusive research

    Brianna N Gaskill, Benjamin Phillips ... Natasha A Karp
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Medicine

    Critique of impure reason: Unveiling the reasoning behaviour of medical large language models

    Shamus Zi Yang Sim, Tyrone Chen
    A survey of reasoning behaviour in medical large language models uncovers emerging trends, highlights open challenges, and introduces theoretical frameworks that enhance reasoning behaviour transparency, ultimately fostering greater trust among clinicians, developers, and patients in their deployment.
    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    Functional Muscle Networks as Biomarkers of Post-Stroke Motor Impairment and Therapeutic Responsiveness

    David O’Reilly, Giorgia Pregnolato ... Giacomo Severini
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Medicine

    Mid-zone hepatocytes trade proliferation for survival via Atf4-Chop axis in early acute liver injury

    Yaying Zhu, Chengxiang Deng ... Zhao Shan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Medicine

    Uncovering Shared and Tissue-Specific Molecular Adaptations to Intermittent Fasting in Liver, Brain, and Muscle

    Yibo Fan, Senuri De Silva ... Thiruma V Arumugam
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Medicine
    2. Neuroscience

    GPR30 in spinal cholecystokinin-positive neurons modulates neuropathic pain

    Qing Chen, Hui Wu ... Xinzhong Chen
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Medicine
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    R-Spondin Mimetic, SZN-043, Induced Proliferation and Expression of Wnt Target Genes, Two Impaired Features in Human Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

    Trevor Fisher, Mehaben Patel ... Helene Baribault
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Medicine

    Peer reviewers altered their recommendation based on whether they were cited or wanted to be cited. A matched study of open peer review at four journals

    Adrian Barnett
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
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    Explore the latest COVID-19 research

    Edited by Diane M Harper et al.
    1. Medicine

    Meet our new Senior Editors in Medicine

    1. Medicine
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health
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    We’ve extended the deadline for our call for papers on the impact of COVID-19 on cancer

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    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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    University College London, United Kingdom
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    Washington State University, United States
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