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Imaging cellular activity across all organs reveals body-wide circuits

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10979-6

An imaging system developed to record cellular activity throughout the whole body of zebrafish captures cellular organ dynamics and identifies multiple distributed circuits.

TRI-611, a selective, brain-penetrant molecular glue degrader of ALK

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10998-3

TRI-611 induces the degradation of ALK fusion proteins via a previously undescribed CRBN recruitment motif, and its preclinical anti-tumour activity highlights TRI-611 as a potential new way of treating ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer.

TM184C is a GPCR-like regulator of intercellular exchange and autophagy

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10993-8

TM184C—an ancient G-protein-coupled receptor-like superdark protein involved in regulation of autophagy, intercellular connectivity and material exchange—underscores the promise of exploring the understudied human proteome and beyond.

Consensus framework for the validation of generative AI: call for collaborators on the Validation Accords

Nature Medicine, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04647-5

Consensus framework for the validation of generative AI: call for collaborators on the Validation Accords

Inhaled siRNA therapy targeting RAGE for pulmonary inflammation: a first-in-human randomized trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04607-z

Following preclinical development, a randomized first-in-human trial showed that treatment with an inhaled, lung-epithelium-targeted siRNA directed against the receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) was safe and well tolerated and reduced RAGE levels in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

Myeloperoxidase inhibition with mitiperstat in heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction: a randomized phase 2b trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04615-z

In a phase 2 randomized clinical trial, treatment with the myeloperoxidase (MPO) inhibitor mitiperstat, intended to target the neutrophil–MPO inflammatory pathway, did not improve symptoms or exercise function in individuals with heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction.

Sexual dimorphism in the complete Drosophila male central nervous system connectome

The Drosophila whole male central nervous system connectome enables end-to-end analysis of sensorimotor circuits. Comparison with existing female datasets shows that brain-wide wiring differences between the sexes are concentrated in higher centers.

The complete gustatory connectome of adult Drosophila reveals how taste guides feeding, foraging, and social behavior

The complete gustatory system and the full set of feeding motor neurons of adult Drosophila are mapped at synaptic resolution, enabling the identification of taste neuron types and their likely tastants and showing how valence-specific circuit motifs route taste to generate distinct feeding, neuroendocrine, and social outputs.

<span>l</span>-Glutamine in combination with first-line gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: an open-label, single-arm, phase 1 GlutaPanc trial

Nature Cancer, Published online: 31 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s43018-026-01225-z

In this open-label, single-arm, phase 1 GlutaPanc trial, Gong and colleagues report the safety and feasibility of l-glutamine in participants with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and determine the recommended phase 2 dose of l-glutamine in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel.

Basement membrane turnover controls cell shape

Basement membranes are scaffolds of proteins, like collagen, that give organs shape. During development, basement membranes must adapt to the growing organ. We infer how fast the basement membrane adapts by measuring collagen turnover. We find that perlecan, another basement membrane protein, regulates collagen turnover to control organ shape.

A bivalent molecular glue linking lysine acetyltransferases to oncogene-induced cell death

Chemically induced proximity of lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) with BCL6 reprograms epigenetic signaling to eliminate lymphoma tumors. Structural and mechanistic studies demonstrate that fortuitous protein-protein contacts convert proximity induction into targeted changes in chromatin, revealing a key mechanism by which small molecules can co-opt oncogenic transcriptional regulators to elicit malignant cell death.
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