Featured this week: 

• Andrew Bellizzi, MD
• Dao-Fu Dai, MD, PhD
• Nastaran Daneshgar, MD, PhD
• Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA
• Douglas R. Spitz, PhD

• Somatic CRISPR tumorigenesis and multiomic analysis reveal a pentose phosphate pathway disruption vulnerability in MPNSTs. McGivney GR, Brockman QR, Borcherding N, Scherer A, Rauckhorst AJ, Gutierrez WR, Solst SR, Heer CD, Warrier A, Floyd W, Kirsch DG, Knepper-Adrian VL, Laverty EA, Roughton GA, Spitz DR, Taylor EB, Dodd RD. Sci Adv. 2025 Aug 15;11(33):eadu2906. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adu2906. Epub 2025 Aug 13. PMID: 40802750
   
• Muller R, Sipalo K, Beals C, Chazura A, Chola S, Garcia R, Jackson B, Feinglass J, Nourski KV, Mpoyi M-RMW, Kunda H, Reynolds R. Barriers to timely referral of children born with myelomeningocele in Zambia. J Clin Med Aug 2025:14:5721.
   
• The aging heart: exploring the role of Klotho in cardiac health/function. Daneshgar N, Dai DF, Grueter CE.J Cardiovasc Aging. 2024 Dec;4(4):24. doi: 10.20517/jca.2024.16. Epub 2024 Dec 19. PMID: 40799848
   

• Composite gangliocytoma/neuroma and neuroendocrine tumour: a contemporary analysis of 71 cases shows risk factors for metastasis. Nova-Camacho LM, Ma C, Abukhiran I, Shaker N, Abdul Baki MN, Collins K, González I, Chao T, Yang Z, Vyas M, Feely M, Bellizzi AM, Agostini-Vulaj D, Huber AR, Polydorides AD, Xu X, La Rosa S, Paricio JJ, Uccella S, Alvarez ML, Ordoñez Arrillaga A, Ruiz Diaz I, Karamchandani DM, Luchini C, Verdú Martin E, Zudaire Fuertes T, Rubio Mediavilla S, Xiong W, Cox B, Gonzalez RS. Histopathology. 2025 Aug 12. doi: 10.1111/his.15535. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40792544