Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10572-x

A fungal long non-coding RNA from Magnaporthe oryzae translocates into rice cells to sequester a host microRNA that normally represses PKR1, a negative immunity regulator, thereby facilitating infection and revealing a widespread RNA-based pathogen–host interaction mechanism.

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10566-9

The Small Auxin Up RNA (SAUR) protein ZmSAUR72 in maize (Zea mays) promotes silk growth via regulation of H+-ATPase activity, and is a key determinant of the anthesis-silking interval and thus resilience to drought.

Oncogenesis, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41389-026-00627-z

SHP1 expression in tumor-associated dendritic cells drives immunoevasion via impairing CD8⁺ memory T cell responses

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10358-1

Analysis of 15,836 ancient West Eurasian genomes reveals hundreds of instances of directional selection, showing that sustained changes in allele frequency were widespread, rather than being rare over this period as previously assumed.

Nature, Published online: 14 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01216-1

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