Featured this week: 

• Ravi Tej Bommu, MD
• John Harty, PhD
• Mariah Hassert, PhD
• Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA
• Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD
• Shailesh Shahi, PhD

• Recent advances in tuberculosis treatment: Towards shorter, safer, and more effective therapies. Katherine Timboe; J.Brooks Jackson; Greta L. Becker. J Clin Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial Diseases 2026;42. doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2026.100582
   
• Making the Inaccessible Biopsiable: Overtube-Assisted EUS Post-Whipple. Hashimoto R, Bommu RT. Gastrointest Endosc. 2026 Jan 22:S0016-5107(26)00051-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2026.01.018. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41580049
   
• The endemic dilemma: why whole sporozoite malaria vaccine efficacy falls in the field. Hassert M, Harty JT. Trends Parasitol. 2026 Jan 20:S1471-4922(25)00355-1. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.12.003. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41565496
   
• The influence of an environmentally relevant polychlorinated biphenyl mixture on the intestinal microbiota in post-weaning mouse dams. Wang H, Dean LE, Li X, Fitzjerrells RL, Wang K, Mangalam AK, Marek RF, Kennedy CL, Ridlon MM, Spiegelhoff A, Stietz KPK, Lehmler HJ. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2026 Jan 22. doi: 10.1007/s11356-026-37418-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41571971
   
• Editorial: Sentinels of the immune system: tissue-resident macrophages in the battle against infection and autoimmunity. Batra L, Giri S, Shahi SK. Front Immunol. 2026 Jan 5;16:1759310. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1759310. eCollection 2025. PMID: 41562088