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Science, Volume 392, Issue 6796, Page 363-363, April 2026.
Laura Trethewey

Somatic cancer variants enriched in Alzheimer's disease microglia-like cells drive inflammatory and proliferative states

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition characterized by microglia-mediated neuroinflammation. Deep (>1,000×) panel sequencing of 311 brain samples revealed enrichment of somatic single-nucleotide variants (sSNVs) in cancer driver genes in AD brains, especially in genes associated with clonal hematopoiesis (CH). These sSNVs were associated with clonal expansion and carried by both microglia-like brain macrophages (MLBMs) in multiple brain regions as well as paired blood,...
August Yue Huang

A skeletal muscle atlas shows neuromuscular junction adaptations to growth and atrophy

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The molecular basis underlying muscle atrophy, as it occurs during disuse or aging, and activity-induced hypertrophy remain poorly understood. A major challenge has been defining the diverse cellular and niche environments within skeletal muscle, which is mostly composed of multinucleated myofibers. Here, we present a single-nucleus and single-cell transcriptomic atlas, coupled with spatial profiling, of mouse limb skeletal muscle under resting conditions and during experimentally induced...
Silvia Campanario

A generative AI framework unifies human multi-omics to model aging, metabolic health, and intervention response

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Understanding aging and complex diseases requires diverse data, ranging from molecular profiles to imaging and routine clinical tests. However, most multi-omic datasets measure only a subset of modalities and are confounded by batch effects. Here, we present AURORA (AI unification and reconstruction of omics reassembly atlas), a generative deep-learning platform that integrates seven modalities (including transcriptomics, metabolomics, microbiome, 3D and thermal facial imaging, and clinical...
Jiawei Chen