Featured this week: 

• James Goeken, MD
• Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA
• David Meyerholz, DVM, PhD
• Steven Offer, PhD

• Rh-Negative blood type associated with less risk for COVID-19 infection in an observational cohort of pregnant women. Jackson JB, Wendt LH, Kenne KA, Rysavy MB. J Clin Med Res Rev October 5, 2026; 10:1-3.
   
• Left Ventricular Structural, Physiological, and Transcriptomic Abnormalities in a Novel Porcine Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Model. Green EM, Rio CD, Shibbani K, Meyerholz DK, Gorham J, Kim S, DeLaughter DM, Henze MP, Rogers CS, Gifford LM, Kafa M, Rohret F, Goeken JA, McLendon JM, Boudreau RL, Seidman CE, Sieren JC, Weiss RM, Seidman JG, Divekar A, Ahmad F. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2026 Oct 9;11(11):101696. doi: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101696. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42854668
   
• Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Plasma and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells. Bembenek BM, Hamzic S, Bouchonville KJ, Largiadèr CR, Offer SM. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2026 Oct 6:10.1002/cpt.70511. doi: 10.1002/cpt.70511. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42839587