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    Machine learning and biological validation identify sphingolipids as potential mediators of paclitaxel-induced neuropathy in cancer patients

    Jörn Lötsch, Khayal Gasimli ... Marco Sisignano
    Sphinganine-1-phosphate (SA1P) is linked to paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy, offering a potential target for reducing this severe side effect of paclitaxel treatment.
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    Lost in translation: Inconvenient truths on the utility of mouse models in Alzheimer’s disease research

    Alberto Granzotto, Bryce Vissel, Stefano L Sensi
    A critical review of the limitations posed by current preclinical animal models of Alzheimer's disease and of the oversimplistic assumptions proposed by the amyloid cascade hypothesis (ACH).
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    Identification of pharmacological inducers of a reversible hypometabolic state for whole organ preservation

    Megan M Sperry, Berenice Charrez ... Donald E Ingber
    Repurposing of a drug designed for pain relief can quickly and reversibly slow biochemical and metabolic activities in cells and organs and could facilitate organ transplantation and prevent tissue injury.
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    Nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics with machine learning for predicting progression from prediabetes to diabetes

    Jiang Li, Yuefeng Yu ... Bin Wang
    Lipoprotein particle size and composition, fatty acids, and amino acids were associated with the risk of incident diabetes, and adding the selected metabolites could significantly improve the risk prediction of progression from prediabetes to diabetes beyond the conventional clinical variables.
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    Point of View: Applied research won’t flourish without basic science

    Jon R Lorsch, Lawrence A Tabak, Monica M Bertagnolli
    Three senior figures at the US National Institutes of Health explain why the agency remains committed to supporting basic science and research.
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    PKR activation-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in HIV-transgenic mice with nephropathy

    Teruhiko Yoshida, Khun Zaw Latt ... Jeffrey B Kopp
    Single-nuclear transcriptomic profiling and functional assays identified PKR activation and mitochondrial dysfunction in HIV-associated nephropathy mice kidneys.
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    Insights into metabolic heterogeneity of colorectal cancer gained from fluorescence lifetime imaging

    Anastasia D Komarova, Snezhana D Sinyushkina ... Marina V Shirmanova
    The level of heterogeneity of cellular energy metabolism increases with model complexity and is the highest in patients' tumors, which can be observed and quantified using FLIM of NAD(P)H.