Featured this week: 

• Andrew Bellizzi, MD
• Matthew Carda, DO
• Kimberly Fiock, PhD
• Marco Hefti, MD
• Jennifer Kersigo, BS
• Matthew Krasowski, MD, PhD
• David Meyerholz, DVM, PhD
• Osorio Lopes Abath Neto, MD, PhD
• Claire Voyles

• Survival analysis of brain-invasive otherwise benign meningiomas in a single-institution cohort. Voyles C, Bellizzi AM, Lopes Abath Neto O. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2026 Jan 12:nlaf157. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlaf157. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41524739
   
• Anti-IL-15 treatment reduces acute lentivirus inflammation and signaling in the brain. Ram DR, Gopalakrishnan RM, Aid M, Kroll K, Miftahof J, Aristizabal O, Gikundiro EK, Davis C, Hefti MM, Fiock KL, Tilahun B, Umutoniwase Y, Loidolt K, Fennessey CM, Mercado NB, Harper-Alexander V, Jones R, Woolley G, Varner V, Lifton M, Bosinger SE, Barouch DH, Keele BF, Reeves RK, Tan CS. Cell Rep Med. 2026 Jan 9:102567. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.102567. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41519130
   
• Dicer Deletion in the Ear Can Cut Most Neurons and Their Innervation of Hair Cells to Project to the Ear and the Brainstem. Yamoah EN, Pavlinkova G, Lee JH, Kersigo J, Pierce ML, Fritzsch B. Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Jan 5;27(1):539. doi: 10.3390/ijms27010539. PMID: 41516414
   
• Combination antiviral and anti-inflammatory therapy mitigates persistent neurological deficits in mice post SARS-CoV-2 infection. Verma AK, Tan L, Schuster N, Moye SL, Lin LC, Lowery S, Duraisami E, Lloréns JEA, Qiu Q, Hefti M, Meyerholz DK, Coleman MC, Yu CR, Albers MW, Perlman S. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jan 13;123(2):e2530209123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2530209123. Epub 2026 Jan 7. PMID: 41499397
   
• Hepatic venous malformations versus "hemangiomas": a clinical, radiologic, and pathologic analysis. Amarneh MA, Vaillancourt MC, Davick J, Anwar U, Alomari AI. Acta Radiol. 2026 Jan 6:2841851251404165. doi: 10.1177/02841851251404165. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41493947
   
• Malignant craniopharyngiomas: Institutional experience and literature review. Auen TJ, Zhang IW, Zhang W, Burr JM, Carda ML, Wisecarver JL, Shonka N, Cox JL, Cathcart SJ, Cushman-Vokoun A, Chen J. Brain Pathol. 2026 Jan 5:e70068. doi: 10.1111/bpa.70068. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41491589
   

• ADLM Guidance Document on Laboratory Testing for Drugs of Misuse to Support the Emergency Department. Snozek CLH, Krasowski MD, Colby JM, Johnson-Davis KL, Bruccoleri RE, Melanson SE. J Appl Lab Med. 2026 Jan 5;11(1):155-180. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfaf172. PMID: 41489980