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The paper examines complement activation dynamics in acute ischemic stroke patients and controls, finding pathway-specific markers associated with outcomes.

This study shows that participating in a study buddy program improves academic performance for both mentors and proteges in undergraduate science courses.

The paper investigates gene flow and species boundaries in Andean Prunus, finding extensive ancient introgression and recent admixture despite Miocene divergence.

This study identifies a type 2 neuroimmune circuit involving IL-4 receptor-dependent DRG responses that modify esophageal inflammation in eosinophilic esophagitis.

The paper shows that multiple mechanisms suppress meiotic recombination near chromosome ends in yeast, involving both axis protein downregulation and DNA break suppression.

This paper develops a preclinical treatment for PTSD using a peptide that blocks CPEB3 amyloid formation, reducing traumatic memory consolidation and PTSD-like symptoms in mice.

This study identifies GndA, a microprotein in Escherichia coli, which promotes cell growth during heat shock independently of its overlapping 6PGD protein.

This study uses spatial transcriptomics to analyze lung tissue from fatal COVID-19 cases, identifying cellular and molecular changes during disease progression.

The paper identifies and maps novel tubulin post-translational modifications in Trypanosoma cruzi using proteomic analysis.

The study shows PhDEF regulates different target genes in petal epidermis and mesophyll, with stronger regulatory action in the epidermis.

The study investigates whether vocalizations during roost competition in Kerivoula hardwickii bats influence roost defense success, finding that entropy in calls strongly correlates with successful defense.

The paper develops a possibilistic model to question the existence of a distinct G2 phase in budding yeast, supporting prometaphase instead and providing a framework to resolve cell cycle ambiguities.

The paper shows invasive breast cancer clusters self-organize through active nematic dynamics interacting with passive ECM nematic structures, with higher activity linked to worse patient outcomes.

This paper investigates how visual feature representation changes with eccentricity by comparing human perception and models of luminance and spectral energy.

The paper investigates mosquito vectors during a yellow fever outbreak in Ghana, finding high transmission risk but no yellow fever virus in sampled mosquitoes.

This study identifies that a synthetic immune niche enhances T cell cytotoxicity by accelerating lytic hit delivery, not by increasing target encounters or conjugate stability.

This study identifies RALF signaling as a regulator of thermotolerant pollen tube growth in tomato, showing that RALF peptides repress germination at normal temperatures but are antagonized by heat stress.

This study uses an agent-based model to explore how personal space perception influences collective crowd behavior and the likelihood of crushing events in dense crowds.

The paper shows that NOTCH-driven Hes1 oscillations with different periods control cell fate decisions in intestinal stem cells, influencing secretory and absorptive lineage commitment.

PDBe-SIFTS improves residue-level sequence-structure mapping with faster search, better scoring, and accurate alignment, comparable to expert curation.