Featured this week: 

• Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA
• Zizhen Kang, PhD
• Sivakumar Lingappa, PhD
• David Meyerholz, DVM, PhD
• Yuhang Wang, PhD

• Cesarean section rates in Lucas do Rio Verde, Brazil: Assessing the impact of socioeconomic status and maternal and neonatal outcomes. Vemulapalli R, Arienti R, Wendt L, Jackson JB, Rysavy MB, Kenne KA.Womens Health (Lond). 2026 Jan-Dec;22:17455057261446937. doi: 10.1177/17455057261446937. Epub 2026 Apr 28.PMID: 42047604
   

• Current understanding of the NLRC4 Inflammasome in autoinflammation and enterocolitis. Wang Y, Lingappa S, Kang Z. Commun Biol. 2026 May 5. doi: 10.1038/s42003-026-10174-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42082718
   

• Considerations for early life genetic therapies in cystic fibrosis. Cooney AL, Thornell IM, Pezzulo AA, Fischer AJ, Cook DP, Abou Alaiwa MH, Larson Ode KM, Uc A, Zabner J, Ryan AL, Stoltz DA, Sinn PL, McCray PB Jr, Meyerholz DK. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2026 Apr 29. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00022.2026. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42053522