Archive for the 'SciLit' Category

A pretrained unified model enables cellular functional profile prediction and multi-objective virtual drug screening | bioRxiv

October 18, 2026

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.25.746866v1

Chen, R., Huang, L., Qiao, Y., Mandal, S., Mo, L., Li, L., Leshchiner, D., Zhang, X., Pu, J., Xie, Y., Girgis, R., Ellsworth, E., Huang, L., Chen, X., Li, X., Zhou, J., & Chen, B. (2026). A pretrained unified model enables cellular functional profile prediction and
multi-objective virtual drug screening. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.25.746866

Source: Science

October 17, 2026

Marek, S., Donohue, M. R., Karcher, N. R., Hoyniak, C. P., Chauvin, R. J., Meyer, A. C., Miller, J., Van, A. N., Wang, A., Baden, N. J., Suljic, V., Scheidter, K. M., Monk, J., Whiting, F. I., Ramirez-Perez, N. J., Krimmel, S. R., Metoki, A., Paul, S. E., Gorelik, A. J., . . . Dosenbach, N. U. F. (2026). Patterns of brain-wide associations reflect socioeconomics. Science, 392(6803), eaee6213.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aee6213

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Integration of proteomic aging clocks in a phase 2a clinical trial supports simultaneous geroprotective assessment | Nature Biotechnology

September 28, 2026

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03286-y

Scalable multiplexed machine learning gas sensor chips for food classification | Science Advances

September 27, 2026

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec7965
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Chemistry42: An AI-Driven Platform for Molecular Design and Optimization

September 27, 2026

Chemistry42: An AI-Driven Platform for Molecular Design and
Optimization – PMC https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9930109/

A small-molecule TNIK inhibitor targets fibrosis in preclinical and clinical models – PMC

September 26, 2026

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11738990/
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Using AI-driven methodology, we generated INS018_055, a small-molecule TNIK inhibitor, which exhibits desirable drug-like properties and anti-fibrotic activity across different organs in vivo through oral, inhaled or topical administration…. Its safety and tolerability as well as pharmacokinetics were validated in a randomized,
double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase I clinical trial
(NCT05154240) involving 78 healthy participants.
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Ren, F., Aliper, A., Chen, J., Zhao, H., Rao, S., Kuppe, C., Ozerov, I. V., Zhang, M., Witte, K., Kruse, C., Aladinskiy, V., Ivanenkov, Y., Polykovskiy, D., Fu, Y., Babin, E., Qiao, J., Liang, X., Mou, Z., Wang, H., . . . Zhavoronkov, A. (2024). A small-molecule TNIK inhibitor targets fibrosis in preclinical and clinical models. Nature Biotechnology, 43(1), 63–75.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-024-02143-0

The prediction machine – ScienceDirect

September 26, 2026

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407926012352

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Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for ventilation and indoor air quality | Science

September 13, 2026

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Indoor air pollution has serious immediate and long-term consequences; however, ensuring that indoor air is clean has not been a high priority for societies. One of the consequences of neglecting indoor air quality is the presence of pathogenic viruses in indoor air. They cause local outbreaks of the common cold and seasonal influenza epidemics or pandemics, which are often caused by novel viruses. ….
First, most modern public buildings—such as offices, shopping malls, or entertainment venues—are mechanically ventilated and do not have windows that can be opened (Fig. 2). It is expected that they are adequately ventilated, but, in reality, this is often not the case (16). Contemporary buildings are not designed with provision of good indoor air quality as a requirement, and specifically not with an objective of controlling airborne infection transmissions.
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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp2241

Morawska, L., Li, Y., & Salthammer, T. (2024). Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for ventilation and indoor air quality. Science, 385(6707), 396–401. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp2241

Role of ventilation on the transmission of viruses in buildings, from a single zone to a multizone approach – PMC

August 15, 2026

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9541182/
QT:{{” We observe that this widespread recommendation to open the window of a quarantine room and to seal the door is based on the consideration of a single zone model. We illustrate the importance of moving from such a single zone approach to a multizone approach for quantifying ventilation and airing impacts in multizone buildings as residences in order to prevent epidemics of viruses such as
SARS‐CoV‐2. It highlights the need of air leakage databases. “}}

Guyot, G., Sayah, S., Guernouti, S., & Mélois, A. (2022). Role of ventilation on the transmission of viruses in buildings, from a single zone to a multizone approach. Indoor Air, 32(8), e13097.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.13097

Could an $800 air filter be a cheap fix for the threat of airborne COVID in hotel quarantine? – ABC News

August 15, 2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-13/hotel-quarantine-ventilation-air-purifiers-reduce-covid-threat/13146068