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A digital display of medical brain scans with red highlighted areas and the date Feb. 18 in the upper-left corner.

“Shared and distinct phenotypic profiles among neuro-developmental disorder genes”

Janelle Stanton, Ph.D.; David Ledbetter, Ph.D.
(Feb. 18, 2026)

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“CRISPR-Cas editing technologies for viral-mediated gene therapies of human diseases: Mechanisms, progress, and challenges”

Boris Kantor, Ph.D.; Leanne Duke, Ph.D.; Pradeep Bhide, Ph.D.
(Jan. 13, 2026)

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“Investigating the neuronal role of the proteasomal ATPase subunit gene PSMC5 in neuro-developmental proteasomopathies”

Janelle Stanton, Ph.D.
(Nov. 26, 2025)

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“Trends and Challenges of AAV-delivered gene editing therapeutics for CNS disorders: Implications for neurodegenerative disease”

Boris Kantor, Ph.D.
(Sept. 9, 2025)

“Systematic review: Biopsychosocial factors related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children/adolescents with Neurofibromatosis type 1”

Yang Hou, Ph.D.; Liyan Yu, Ph.D.; Matthew R. Jamnik, Ph.D.; Dan Liu, Ph.D.; Julia Moreira, B.S.; Luke Spoto, B.S.
(Aug. 11, 2025)

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“Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy: therapeutic advances and prospects”

Drishty B. Sarker, B.S.; Qing-Xiang Amy Sang, Ph.D.
(July 24, 2025)

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“X & Y gene dosage effects are primary contributors to human sexual dimorphism: The case of height”

David Ledbetter, Ph.D.
(May 19, 2025)

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“Effects of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Astrocytes on Cisplatin Sensitivity in Pediatric Brain Cancer Cells”

Sonia Kiran, B.S.; Yu Xue, B.S.; Drishty B. Sarker, B.S.; Qing-Xiang Amy Sang, Ph.D.
(March 16, 2025)

“Tetraspanin CD9 alters cellular trafficking and endocytosis of tetraspanin CD63, affecting CD63 packaging into small extracellular vesicles”

Leanne Duke, Ph.D., Robert J. Tomko, Jr., Ph.D.
(March 12, 2025)

“Mainstreaming Diagnostic Genetic Testing and Precision Medicine for Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists”

David Ledbetter, Ph.D.
(March 4, 2025)

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“Metabolic engineering improves transduction efficiency and downstream vector isolation by altering the lipid composition of extracellular vesicle-enclosed AAV”

Elizabeth D. Wasson, B.S.; Deirdre M. McCarthy, B.Sc.; Pradeep G. Bhide, Ph.D.
(Dec. 12, 2024)

“Behavioral, neurotransmitter and transcriptomic analyses in male and female Fmr1 KO mice” 

Deirdre M. McCarthy, B.Sc.; Cynthia Vied, Ph.D.; Yuan Wang, Ph.D.; Pradeep G. Bhide, Ph.D.
(Sept. 5, 2024)

Diagram of pediatric brain tumor cells with text "AUG 12."

“Feeder-free differentiation of human iPSCs into natural killer cells  with cytotoxic potential against malignant brain rhabdoid  tumor cells”

Sonia Kiran, B.S.; Yu Xue, B.S.; Drishty B. Sarker, B.S.; Qing-Xiang Amy Sang, Ph.D.
(Aug. 12, 2024)