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Fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibition for succinate dehydrogenase-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a phase 2 trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 26 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04376-9

In a multicenter phase 2 trial, the fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitor rogaratinib showed encouraging clinical efficacy in patients with succinate dehydrogenase-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumors, suggesting a potential new treatment option for this patient population and demonstrating that an epigenetic mechanism of oncogene activation can be successfully targeted with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
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Semaglutide versus placebo in individuals with poor weight loss after bariatric surgery: a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04416-4

At week 68, in patients who experienced poor weight loss following bariatric surgery, semaglutide was associated with 18.0% weight loss compared to 0.4% weight gain in patients receiving placebo.
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AI-induced never-skilling in medical education

Nature Medicine, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04438-y

Will medical trainees who rely on AI fail to develop foundational independent clinical reasoning? This Perspective outlines a precautionary framework to preserve foundational competence while supporting safe and effective AI integration in medical training.
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Zodasiran for cholesterol and triglyceride lowering in patients with hyperlipidemia: final report of phase 1 basket trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04307-8

In a phase 1 basket trial, the small interfering RNA zodasiran, targeting ANGPTL3, lowered triglycerides in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia and lowered both triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
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Isatuximab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a randomized phase 3 trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 06 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04282-0

In the phase 3 EMN24 IsKia trial, transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who received isatuximab with carfilzomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone pretransplant induction and post-transplant consolidation showed higher rates of measurable residual disease negativity after consolidation than patients who received carfilzomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone.
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Evidence of monkeypox virus clade IIb lineage A.2.2 in the Republic of the Congo and co-circulation of clade Ia, Ib and clade IIb

Nature Medicine, Published online: 03 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04256-2

Whole-genome phylogenetic analyses have identified a case of monkeypox virus clade IIb lineage in the Republic of the Congo and co-circulation of three clade lineages, emphasizing the importance of improved surveillance given the risk of possible recombination events in the future.
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Target product profiles for treatments to delay or prevent symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease

Nature Medicine, Published online: 03 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04305-w

To accelerate therapeutic development and equip stakeholders with clear benchmarks, the authors outline target product profiles for therapies designed to delay or prevent the onset of clinical symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Semaglutide on liver fibrosis and heart outcomes in patients at high risk of liver fibrosis: a prespecified analysis of the SELECT randomized trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04281-1

A prespecified analysis from the SELECT trial showed that semaglutide reduces major adverse cardiovascular events by 20% compared with placebo, particularly in patients at high risk of fibrosis, as indicated by the Fibrosis-4 index.
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A deep joint-learning proteomics model for diagnosis of six conditions associated with dementia

Nature Medicine, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04303-y

ProtAIDe-Dx is a deep joint-learning model that uses plasma proteomics to provide simultaneous probabilistic diagnoses across six conditions associated with aging.
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Benralizumab versus placebo for hypereosinophilic syndrome: a randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04315-8

Benralizumab (an anti-IL-5 receptor α antibody), compared to placebo, significantly reduced the risk of first flare in patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome.
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In vivo generation of anti-BCMA CAR-T cells in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: a phase 1 study

Nature Medicine, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04244-6

In a phase 1 trial, the in vivo generation of anti-BCMA CAR-T cells by lentiviral delivery was feasible and did not lead to dose-limiting toxicities in five patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
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Pembrolizumab and olaparib in homologous-recombination-deficient metastatic pancreatic cancer: the phase 2 POLAR trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04299-5

Results of the phase 2 POLAR trial show that biomarker-guided treatment in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer based on homologous repair deficiency leads to encouraging clinical response rates in immune cell-infiltrated tumors.
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<i>LRRK2</i>-targeting antisense oligonucleotide in Parkinson’s disease: a phase 1 randomized controlled trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 24 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04262-4

The first-in-human clinical trial of the LRRK2-targeting antisense oligonucleotide BIIB094 in Parkinson’s disease demonstrates that the treatment is well tolerated and produces dose-dependent reductions in cerebrospinal fluid levels of LRRK2 and phosphorylated Rab10, indicating successful target engagement.
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AI-based chest X-ray prioritization in the lung cancer diagnostic pathway: the LungIMPACT randomized controlled trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 24 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04253-5

In a large UK-based primary care randomized trial, immediate artificial intelligence (AI)-driven prioritization of chest X-rays did not significantly shorten time to computed tomography or lung cancer diagnosis versus standard workflow, suggesting that AI-based prioritization alone is unlikely to accelerate the lung cancer diagnostic pathway.
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First-line zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 and nivolumab in unresectable CLDN18.2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: a phase 2 trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 16 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04306-9

In cohort 4 of the ILUSTRO trial, combination of anti-CLDN18.2 zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 and nivolumab in patients with CLDN18.2-positive, HER2-negative metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma led to encouraging clinical efficacy, supporting the testing of this combination in a phase 3 trial.
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A structure-based mRNA vaccine for Nipah virus in healthy adults: a phase 1 trial

Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04265-1

In this phase 1, open-label dose-escalation study in healthy adults found that the mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1215), encoding the Nipah virus Malaysian strain chimeric pre-fusion F protein linked to glycoprotein G, was safe and induced elevated immune responses at 1 year of follow-up, indicating that this is a promising vaccine candidate for further development.
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A cognitive layer architecture to support large-language model performance in psychotherapy interactions

Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04278-w

A real-world study showed that introducing a cognitive layer architecture to support specialized psychotherapeutic reasoning capabilities in general-purpose chatbots improved depression and anxiety symptoms compared to chatbots or therapists alone.
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