September 21, 2026

Canada in Science - August 2026

Nonviral delivery of chemically modified tRNA rescues nonsense mutations in cystic fibrosis

Journal Issue: Nature. Science. 2026 Aug 27;393(6814):eaeb0054. doi: 10.1126/science.aeb0054.

Authors: Chen J, Zhou M, Dong S, Gong F, Tennakoon R, Seto BY, Chen ZR, Zhou ZP, Pan J, Xu Y, Luozhong S, Macarios CM, Tijaro-Bulla S, Gonska T, Hu J, Cui H, Li B.

PubMed ID: 42658930

Bowen Li Lab

Modality-specific neurovascular coupling via layer-segregated arteriole networks

Journal Issue: Science. 2026 Aug 20;393(6813):eaeb5077. doi: 10.1126/science.aeb5077.

Authors: Malescot A, Malheiros-Lima MR, Zana L, Bennett MC, Martineau É, Schmid F, Rungta RL.

PubMed ID: 42623473

Ravi Rungta Lab

GPNMB-directed CAR T cell therapy against MiT/TFE-family fusion-driven solid tumors

Journal Issue: Nat Cancer. 2026 Aug;7(8):1189-1207. doi: 10.1038/s43018-026-01194-3

Authors: Zemp FJ, Breckenridge Z, Song H, Gill GS, Louie TL, Narta K, Liu H, Suh Y, Guignard L, Mandujano-Tinoco EA, Collao N, Pyczek J, Ellestad KK, Curry J, Langley J, John C, Mah LK, Rajwani J, Evseev D, Turk M, Benaoudia S, Alex J, Naumenko V, Manoharan VT, Mehrabadi MK, Smith HA, Gilbert GNY, Gillmor A, Verhey TB, Todesco HM, Osz K, Ahn BY, Bogossian A, Anderson C, Sikdar S, Rukunuddin S, Bismar TA, Heng DYC, Lawson K, Linehan WM, Pedersen H, Gordon PMK, McIntyre JB, MacGregor J, Garzia L, Brodeur-Robb K, DiFrancesco L, Ogilvie T, Schöffski P, Wozniak A, Holt RA, Bell J, Senger DL, Lewis V, Monument M, Khan O, Baudrier L, Billon P, Gabriel V, Biernaskie J, Potts K, Trpkov K, Hay K, Quizi J, Chan J, Saleh R, Henning JW, Prokopishyn NL, Shafey M, Morrissy AS, Mahoney DJ.

PubMed ID: 42387022

Douglas Mahoney Lab

Loss of Sox10 prevents tumor initiation in vivo and induces luminal-to-basal reprogramming in Neu+ tumor cells

Journal Issue: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2026 Aug 25;123(34):e2520063123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2520063123.

Authors: Garland B, Delisle S, Abou-Hamad J, de Souza C, Zuccarini R, Cook DP, Auer RC, Sabourin LA.

PubMed ID: 42627829

Luc Sabourin Lab

Population-scale disease-associated tandem repeat analysis reveals locus and ancestry-specific insights

Journal Issue: Nat Commun. 2026 Aug 6;17(1):9439. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-75404-y.

Authors: Rajan-Babu IS, Chiu R, Weisburd B, Caglayan I, Birol I, Friedman JM.

PubMed ID: 42686677

Jan Friedman Lab