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Nature - Main22 Jul 2026
A vector-based strategy for olfactory navigation in Drosophila - Nature (Nature - Main)

A vector-based strategy for olfactory navigation in Drosophila - Nature

Reports on a virtual-reality study showing Drosophila use stored directional memories to navigate along odour plume boundaries and return to scent edges.

Key takeaways
  • Although tracking an odour plume has been modelled as a reflexive process 3.
  • We find that FC2 neurons within the fan-shaped body.
  • We found that flies track an appetitive odour corridor by following its boundary.
Frontiers - Health21 Jul 2026
AIJ2R/F4L deleted oncolytic vaccinia virus synergizes with tumor specific killer (ELANE) promotes antitumor immunity with superior safety (Frontiers - Health)

J2R/F4L deleted oncolytic vaccinia virus synergizes with tumor specific killer (ELANE) promotes antitumor immunity with superior safety

Reports engineering of a dual-deleted vaccinia virus that delivers a tumor‑selective neutrophil protease to enhance oncolytic and immune responses in tumors.

Key takeaways
  • Broad-spectrum anticancer therapies are challenging due to the spatial and temporal tumor heterogeneity ( 1 ).
  • Serum-free conditioned media from human PMNs displayed tumor-selective cytotoxicity.
  • Functional studies revealed that human neutrophil elastase (ELANE).
Nature - Biotechnology21 Jul 2026
Computationally guided design of bioactive nanostructures for targeted clearance of amyloid-β aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease (Nature - Biotechnology)

Computationally guided design of bioactive nanostructures for targeted clearance of amyloid-β aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease

Covers a computationally designed protein–gold nanocage that targets and disassembles aggregated amyloid-β, with in vivo testing in an Alzheimer's mouse model.

Key takeaways
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing data generated in this study have been deposited in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO).
  • Here we report a computationally guided protein–gold hybrid nanostructure.
  • Raw X-ray diffraction data for the crystal structures are available at Zenodo via https.