Life Sciences

Alistair Mathie 2026. Book Review of “Textbook of Ion Channels” by Zheng J. and Trudeau M.C. (eds.), CRC Press, 2023. Bioelectricity. 8 (2), pp. 188-189. https://doi.org/10.1177/25763113261457416

Nyadroh, C., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2026. Intensification Of Microbial Desalination Cells (MDC) Efficiency Using A Novel Microalgae-Integrated MDC Architecture. 20th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies. Houston, Texas 01 - 05 Jun 2026

Ahmed, D., Getting, S., Ashioti, M. and Lange, S. 2026. Targeting Peptidylarginine Deiminases in Neurons and Astrocytes in Central Nervous System Injury—Effects of Pan-PAD Inhibitor Cl-Amidine in an Oxygen–Glucose Deprivation Model of Ischaemia (OGD/R) and LPS Stimulation In Vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 27 (11) 5118. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27115118

Khounvisith, V., Virachith, S., Innoula, N., Vongphachanh, B., Khenka, L., Hattendorf, J., Sayasone, S., Hübschen, J., Black, A.P. and Odermatt, P 2026. High infection risk of intestinal helminths despite WASH interventions: A cross-sectional study in Khammouane province, Lao PDR. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 20 (6) e0014388. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014388

Mone, F. 2026. Measles as a Tracer: 2026 Resurgence in Bangladesh.

Rajkumar Rajendram, M. Aadam Siraj, Vinood B. Patel and Victor R. Preedy 2026. Recommended resources for the interventions and modifiers of well-being. in: Martin, C.R., Preedy, V.R., Patel, V.B. and Rajendram, R. (ed.) Academic Press. pp. 403-411

Rajkumar Rajendram, M. Aadam Siraj, Vinood B. Patel and Victor R. Preedy 2026. Recommended resources for the biological measures of well-being. in: Martin, C.R., Patel, V.B., Rajendram, R. and Preedy, V.R. (ed.) Biological Measures of Well-Being Academic Press. pp. 295-304

Mattin, L.R. 2026. Fill My Belly to Empty Belly: ECR to Lab Lead in 3.6 years and Counting. UK GIBA Network+ Seminar Series Host . 30 Jan 2026

Veale, E.L., Matthews, P.M., Rush, A.M., Stevens, E.B. and Mathie, A. 2026. Activation of TREK‐1 and TREK‐2 Two‐Pore Domain Potassium Channels by the Kv4 Channel Modulator, NS5806. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives. 14 (3) e70264. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.70264

Manuel Corpas and Alfredo Iacoangeli 2026. Benchmarking large language models for extracting biobank-derived insights into health and disease. PLOS Computational Biology. 22 (4) e1014224. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014224

Chiavacci, Elena, Steffensen, Kirstine Fleng, Delaroche, Pierre, Astoricchio, Emanuele, Poulsen, Amalie Bech, Brayson, Daniel, Garibaldi, Fulvio, Lanteri, Luca, Pinali, Christian, Valente, Giovanni Roppo, Vignati, Federico, Steffensen, John Fleng, Shiels, Holly, Tozzini, Eva Terzibasi and Cellerino, Alessandro 2026. Resilience to Cardiac Aging in Greenland Shark Somniosus microcephalus. Aging cell. 25 (5) e70505. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.70505

Seephan, S., Pongrakhananon, V., Booker, A. and Lumlerdkij, N. 2026. Potential Constituents From Essential Oils as Sleep Aids: A Narrative Review of Recent Evidence. Flavour and Fragrance Journal. 41 (4), pp. 742-755. https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.70108

Uysal Onganer, P. 2026. Non-coding RNAs as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in pancreatic cancer: Clinical implications and translational perspectives. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 199 119394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119394

Ahmed, D., Getting, S.J., Ashioti, M. and Lange, S. 2026. Preprint: Targeting Peptidylarginine Deiminases in Neurons and Astrocytes in Central Nervous System Injury—Pro-Regenerative Effects of Cl-Amidine in an Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Model of Ischaemia (OGD/R) In Vitro. Preprints.org. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202604.1848.v1

Kyazze, G. and Thyagu Pereira, M. 2026. Scientists make Parkinson’s drug from plastic in world first. The Conversation.

Nyadroh, C., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2026. Biodesalination: Can Nature Help Solve the Global Freshwater Crisis? Earth: Environmental Sustainability. 2 (2), pp. 169-182. https://doi.org/10.53941/eesus.2026.100012

Ghosh, A. and Fernandes, S. 2026. Dissecting the Phenotypic Complexity of Biofilm Development and Quorum Sensing in Salmonella enterica Serovars. Bulletin of the National Research Centre.

Liu, J.Y.W., McCormick, A.L., Sowter, H., Neofytou, M., Presneau, Nadège, Sengupta, D. and Tinworth, L. 2026. Teaching Breast Cancer in Undergraduate Science Courses: Innovative approaches to stimulate research interest and engagement. 15th European Breast Cancer Conference. Barcelona, Spain 25 - 27 Mar 2026 Elsevier.

Marjola Thanaj, Brandon Whitcher, Hamzah Raza, Camilo Bradford-Bell, Marili Niglas, Jimmy D Bell, Dimitri Amiras and E Louise Thomas 2026. Preprint: Gluteus Maximus Shape Reveals Sex-specific Associations between Morphology and Metabolic Dysfunction. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.01.26349946

Baidoo, N., Rasis, E.D., Paine, L., Bulmer, D.C. and Sanger, G.J. 2026. Age-Related Loss of GPR68 and Calretinin Immunoreactive Neurons Within the Mucosa, Not the Myenteric Plexus of Human Colon. British Journal of Biomedical Science. 83 15884 . https://doi.org/10.3389/bjbs.2026.15884/full

Manuel Corpas 2026. Preprint: Genomebook: Mendelian inheritance of behavioural traits in large language model agents across eight generations. biorxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.22.713494

Carine Platat, Ayah A. Ghanayem, Bakhita H. S. Alameri, Amal H. S. Alderei, Fatima G. S. Alderei, Alia M. A. Alkaabi, Meznah M. D. Almansoori, Rubina Sabir and Ihab Tewfik 2026. Prevalence and determinants of anaemia among university students: a gender-based analysis. Frontiers in Public Health. 14 1780083. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1780083

Dirimtekin, E., Dart, D.A. and Uysal Onganer, P. 2026. EBV BART microRNA Profiles and Host Gene Links in Gastric Cancer. Viruses. 18 (3) 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/v18030329

Nicolas Basty, Marjola Thanaj, Brandon Whitcher, Jimmy D. Bell and E. Louise Thomas 2026. Comparing DXA and MRI body composition measurements in cross-sectional and longitudinal cohorts. Communications Medicine. 6 227. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01440-w

Brandon Whitcher, Hamzah Raza, Nicolas Basty, Marjola Thanaj, Camilo Bell-Bradford, Marili Niglas, Jimmy D Bell, Elizabeth Louise Thomas and Dimitri Amiras 2026. Preprint: Heterogeneity, Longitudinal Decline, and Metabolic Risk in MRI-Based Quantification of 20 Individual Hip and Thigh Muscles. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.25.26347009

Mattin, L.R. 2026. The Conversation: What weight loss jabs teach us about how appetite works. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.amhs3w34m

Mone, F. 2026. Inequalities in the food and nutrition journey at the end of life. https://doi.org/10.13140/rg.2.2.36750.83527

Basak Dalbayrak, Burcu Taluğ Taştan, Tuğçe Temel, Pinar Obakan Yerlikaya, Pinar Uysal Onganer and Elif Damla Arisan 2026. Chemopreventive Effects of Lycopene in miR‐21 Knockout and Wild‐Type Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Scientifica. 2026 (1) 865270. https://doi.org/10.1155/sci5/8865270

Manuel Corpas, Maxim B. Freidin, Julio Valdivia-Silva, Simeon Baker, Segun Fatumo and Heinner Guio 2026. Preprint: Three Dimensions of Compounding Neglect: How Biobanks, Clinical Trials, and Scientific Literature Systematically Exclude the Global South. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.10.26346004

Mohammed, M. 2026. Why superbugs thrive in hospitals. The Conversation.

Tamar Tsertsvadze, Kurtis Edwards, Sarah John-Olabode, Irina Datikashvili-David, Ani Bilanishvili, John Murphy, Emanuela V. Volpi, Peter M Lydyard and Nina Porakishvili 2026. Expression and signaling patterns of CD180/MD-1 and CD150 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) cells. Leukemia Research. 162 108169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2026.108169

Rucha S.H. Wagh, Rupali U. Bawdekar, Wareed Alenaini, Rashmi B. Prasad, Caroline H.D. Fall, E. Louise Thomas, Jimmy D. Bell, Satyajeet P. Khare and Chittaranjan S. Yajnik 2026. Preprint: Challenging the visceral fat paradigm: abdominal subcutaneous adiposity dominates cardiometabolic risk in young, lean Indians. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.01.26345312

Selçuk, E., Silcock, D.S., Foust, A., Bousgouni, V., Arias-Garcia, M., Bakal, C., Djamgoz, M.B.A. and Uysal Onganer, P. 2026. Neuroblastoma: Anti‐Invasive Effects of Tetracaine In Vitro*. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 138 (3) e70190. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.70190

Ajumobi, V., Tahir, Z., Hayes, P.M., McCormick, A.L. and Torraca, V. 2026. Population structure, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence factors of diabetic foot-associated E. coli. Microbiology Spectrum. 14 (2) e02837-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02837-25

Thiyagarajan, D.B., Mikkelborg, M.K., Kraev, I., Dalmo, R.A. and Lange, S. 2026. Characterization of extracellular vesicles from primary skin epithelial cells and cell lines from Atlantic salmon. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 176 105555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2026.105555

Seneviratne, A.N., Majumdar, A., Surendranath, K. and Miller, M.R. 2026. Environmental modulators of vascular physiology and inflammation. Experimental Physiology. 111 (2), pp. 321-334. https://doi.org/10.1113/EP092309

Mohammed, M. 2026. The Conversation: Being cold doesn’t make you sick, so why are illnesses more common in winter? The Conversation.

Ani Bilanishvili, Tamar Tsertsvadze, Kurtis Edwards, Sarah John-Olabode, Uzma Syed, Irina Datikashvili-David, Emanuela V. Volpi, John Murphy, Peter M. Lydyard and Nina Porakishvili 2026. The Effect of IL-4 on CD180 Expression and Signalling in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL). Leukemia Research. 161 108166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2026.108166

Manuel Corpas 2026. Preprint: Health Equity Informative Metrics (HEIM): A Framework for Quantifying Global Biobank Research Equity. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.04.26343419

Samuel R Bourne, Jenny Cook, Paul D Wright, Jeffrey Jerman, Rachel Forfar, Emma L Veale and Alistair Mathie 2026. Preprint: Genome Wide Association Analysis of Two Pore Domain Potassium Channel Gene Regions Reveals Multiple Pain-Associated Signals. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.24.25342351