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  • In this Tool of the Trade article, Nicolas Mathey-Andrews describes the generation and use of a prime editor mouse that enables in vivo modelling of the multitude of cancer alleles found in human tumours.

    • Nicolas Mathey-Andrews
    Tools of the Trade
  • In a recent study, Sanchez-Aguilera, Masmudi-Martín et al. find that a molecular program explains the cognitive impairment often seen in patients with brain metastasis, challenging the prevailing paradigm of the tumour mass being the sole cause of altered brain function.

    • Daniela Senft
    Research Highlight
  • In this Journal Club, Kinker & Medina discuss a study showing the role of tumour-associated tertiary lymphoid structures in improving immunotherapy response and overall survival in patients with melanoma.

    • Gabriela Sarti Kinker
    • Tiago da Silva Medina
    Journal Club
  • Karttunen et al. identify the contribution of transposable elements to gene regulatory function in colorectal and liver cancer cell lines.

    • Gabrielle Brewer
    Research Highlight
  • In a recent study, Tagore et al. find that the formation of synapse-like structures that serve to transfer GABA between premalignant melanocytes and keratinocytes promotes melanoma initiation by the BRAFV600E oncogene.

    • Daniela Senft
    Research Highlight
  • In this Tools of the Trade article, Dezhong Ji describes the development and use of a chimeric antigenic peptide influenza virus (CAP-Flu) system as a cancer vaccine strategy to promote tumour-infiltrating T cell activation in lung metastasis.

    • Dezhong Ji
    Tools of the Trade
  • This Review summarizes how the structural details that were revealed by cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography and insights into molecular basis of polyspecificity and mechanistic studies shaped the understanding of the role of ATP-binding cassette transporter in cancer multidrug resistance, culminating in new therapeutic approaches to sensitize multidrug-resistant cancer cells to conventional and targeted therapies.

    • Andaleeb Sajid
    • Hadiar Rahman
    • Suresh V. Ambudkar
    Review Article
  • In this Tools of the Trade article, Chiara Cattaneo describes the development of HANSolo, a high-throughput genetic platform for the personalized identification of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell-recognized (neo)antigens, that can be used to generate patient-specific TCR gene therapies or cancer vaccines.

    • Chiara Maria Cattaneo
    Tools of the Trade
  • Live-cell imaging can provide spatial, morphological and molecular understanding of cancer response to treatment. Here, Alieva et al. review its recent application for uncovering drug mode of action and tumour heterogeneity in response to treatment and discuss its application for next-generation precision medicine.

    • Maria Alieva
    • Amber K. L. Wezenaar
    • Anne C. Rios
    Review Article
  • In this Tools of the Trade article, Emmanuel Olivier describes an approach to reprogramming AML cancer cells into induced pluripotent stem cells, which provide faithful genetic models of the most common genetic subgroups of AML.

    • Emmanuel Olivier
    Tools of the Trade
  • Although sometimes overlooked, storytelling is a powerful tool for communicating scientific research. In this World View, Julia Bauman outlines what is needed to convey a strong scientific narrative, gleaned from her experience making 60-second TikTok videos summarizing published research papers.

    • Julia R. Bauman
    World View
  • Sex steroids are major promoters of the growth of breast and prostate cancers. This Review by Poutanen et al. describes the development of treatments for these cancer types that act to restrict sex steroid availability for receptor binding by inhibiting steroid biosynthesis, being a complementary mechanism of action to the more traditional sex steroid antagonists.

    • Matti Poutanen
    • Malin Hagberg Thulin
    • Pirkko Härkönen
    Review Article
  • Rahme et al. establish an in vivo model for low-grade glioma, and use it to demonstrate that Pdgfra insulator loss and Cdkn2a promoter silencing are epigenetic drivers of gliomagenesis.

    • Gabrielle Brewer
    Research Highlight
  • In this study, Guirguis et al. show mechanistically how preventing m6A RNA modification through inhibition of METTL3 can promote anti-tumour immunity.

    • Gabrielle Brewer
    Research Highlight
  • Bland et al. show that cancer types with heterozygous somatic hotspot mutations in the spliceosome component SF3B1 are vulnerable to PARP inhibition, which causes a defective response to replication stress.

    • Anna Dart
    Research Highlight
  • Two independent studies published together in Nature find that AT1 cells can have a role in both the initiation and suppression of lung adenocarcinoma.

    • Daniela Senft
    Research Highlight
  • In this Tools of the Trade article, Yuan Ma describes the development and use of ARPLA, a spatial imaging tool that can be used to visualize glycoRNAs in single cells, including cancer cells in situ.

    • Yuan Ma
    Tools of the Trade
  • In this study, Conn et al. functionally link circular RNA and DNA interactions with chromosomal translocation in leukaemogenesis.

    • Gabrielle Brewer
    Research Highlight
  • This Review discusses the impact of steroid-receptor-mediated modifications of long-range chromatin interactions on transcriptional heterogeneity and the initiation, progression and therapy response of hormone-dependent cancers.

    • Theophilus T. Tettey
    • Lorenzo Rinaldi
    • Gordon L. Hager
    Review Article