Cristina Donini, Richard K Amewu, Benoit Bestgen, Eric Guantai
{"title":"New Malaria Prevention Modalities: Long-Acting Interventions Beyond Vaccines.","authors":"Cristina Donini, Richard K Amewu, Benoit Bestgen, Eric Guantai","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041859","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Malaria prevention is key for protecting high-risk groups, such as children and pregnant women. Existing approaches, including insecticide-based vector control, infant vaccination, and targeted chemoprevention are successful in some contexts. However, new tools are needed to broaden the scope and enhance the effectiveness of preventive strategies, particularly in high transmission areas. This paper examines emerging modalities for malaria chemoprevention beyond vaccination, illustrating advances toward long-acting interventions that can provide sustained protection with fewer doses. The pharmacological rationale and essential considerations for the clinical development and deployment of monoclonal antibodies, long-acting oral agents, and long-acting injectable small-molecule formulations are explored with examples. These innovations represent a step-change in malaria prevention, improving operational feasibility and long-term impact in endemic settings. They also have the potential to transform malaria prevention from a disease control tool in high-burden settings to a strategy capable of accelerating malaria elimination.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13532524/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148350946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Interaction between Diabetes Mellitus and Tuberculosis: Epidemiology, Screening, and Clinical Management.","authors":"Vijay Viswanathan, Reshma Mirshad","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a041894","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tuberculosis (TB) is usually a preventable and curable disease, yet it remains the leading cause of death due to an infectious agent. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder with ∼589 million adults living with it worldwide. Although the two diseases differ in etiology, pathophysiology, and socioeconomic burden, there is a significant link between them. Individuals with diabetes have a 1.9 times higher risk of developing TB. The co-occurrence of DM with TB compromises adaptive and innate immune responses, thereby increasing susceptibility to infections. The clinical indicators of TB in patients with DM are severe and show atypical radiological findings. World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that TB screening for DM individuals be conducted in settings where the TB prevalence in the general population is 100/100,000 population. TB treatment regimen in people with DM is in accordance with WHO guidelines and includes an initial intensive phase followed by a continuation phase. TB-DM co-occurrence is a significant global health challenge.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148350974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Progression in Parkinson's Disease.","authors":"Krithi Irmady, Serge Przedborski","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041641","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041641","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by relentlessly progressive motor and nonmotor clinical features. In this paper, we offer a comprehensive overview of progression in PD, covering the heterogeneous symptomatology crucial for monitoring progression from clinical, pathological, and biomarker perspectives. We also discuss prevailing theories concerning the underlying pathobiology driving progression in PD and summarize the literature on emerging biomarkers that are expected to facilitate early prognosis and effective monitoring of disease progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13224864/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143390340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Empirical Discovery to Targeted Therapy: The Evolution of Tuberculosis Treatment.","authors":"Natalie J E Waller, Kyu Y Rhee","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041821","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041821","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy was once considered a crowning triumph of modern medicine but has since reemerged as a persisting paradox. While therapeutically still effective in most cases, current frontline treatments for TB remain largely unchanged from their introduction over 50 years ago and continue to require a minimum of 6 months of multidrug treatment to achieve durable cure, limiting both their individual and population level impact. Its impact has been further eroded by the emergence and spread of drug resistance. Although new antibiotics active against drug-resistant TB are beginning to emerge, their integration into shorter, more effective regimens has proven difficult. This review revisits the evolution of TB chemotherapy and explores how individual drug properties shape overall regimen efficacy and treatment duration. While initially shaped by efforts to prevent resistance-based treatment failures while minimizing toxicity, the empirical development of combination chemotherapies revealed additional determinants of treatment efficacy that extended beyond conventional antimicrobial potency and impacted treatment duration. By integrating classical findings with modern insights into pharmacology, lesion physiology, and bacterial persistence, we highlight the potential that mechanism-based insights into existing TB chemotherapies could guide the rational design of next-generation, treatment-shortening combinations.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13224853/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147764751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Delia Goletti, Alessandra Aiello, Shruthi Chandran, Adrian R Martineau
{"title":"Diagnosing Tuberculosis Infection: From the Host to the Pathogen.","authors":"Delia Goletti, Alessandra Aiello, Shruthi Chandran, Adrian R Martineau","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041955","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041955","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant global health challenge. An estimated quarter of the world's population has a TB infection (TBI) with an immune response to <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (<i>Mtb</i>) without clinical, microbiological, or radiological signs of TB disease. Individuals with TBI have a lifelong risk of reactivation, leading to TB disease in 5%-10% of cases during a lifetime. Current diagnostic tools, including interferon-γ release assays and skin tests, are endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for identifying TBI and guiding preventive therapy. This paper outlines existing diagnostic methods for TBI and explores emerging experimental approaches, focused on detecting circulating bacillary components-such as DNA, mycobacterial proteins, peptides, lipoglycans, and lipoprotein antigens. The development of diagnostic tools that target bacillary elements directly-rather than relying solely on antigen-specific immune responses-could help overcome key limitations of current immunodiagnostic assays, thus offering viable alternatives or complementary solutions. However, these new experimental assays are still under research and not yet validated for clinical use.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13224861/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146009181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adoptive Cell Therapy for Pediatric Solid Tumors.","authors":"Amy B Hont, Catherine M Bollard","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041636","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041636","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with relapsed or refractory pediatric solid tumors have limited therapeutic options with little to no appreciable improvements in outcomes in over two decades. Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) is a promising, targeted option for patients with the potential to minimize acute and long-term toxicities. In this review, we (1) characterize the development and manufacture different ACT approaches used for pediatric solid tumors, and (2) discuss the obstacles when targeting and treating solid tumors. The outcomes of the clinical applications of the various cell therapy products are also reviewed along with the future potential, including novel product development and combination therapies. In sum, this review serves as a comprehensive review of the clinical trial results evaluating the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of novel cell therapy products in the clinic for the treatment of pediatric solid tumors and seeks to provide new insights regarding ACT successes, failures, and challenges to benefit a rapidly expanding immunotherapy field.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13224866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143390315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parkinson's Disease, Second Edition.","authors":"Serge Przedborski, Stanley Fahn","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041954","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041954","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's disease (PD), once stigmatized and hidden, is now widely acknowledged by patients and recognized by the public. Yet, fundamental questions about the disease's origins, mechanisms, and progression remain unanswered. The second edition of <i>Parkinson's Disease</i> provides an integrated, accessible resource for clinicians and research scientists. It offers a comprehensive bench-to-bedside overview of PD, with contributions from leading experts in the clinical spectrum and the pathology, genetics, and neurobiological aspects of the condition. New chapters reflect recent advances in areas such as disease progression, biomarkers, cell-based therapies, lipid biology, and the gut-brain axis. The book emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and serves as an educational entry point to the field and a strategic guide to future PD research.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13224851/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145124504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HIV-Associated Tuberculosis in Adults: Diagnosis and Clinical Management.","authors":"Graeme Meintjes, Bianca Sossen","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041889","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041889","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and HIV fuels the TB epidemic in many countries. While there is overlap, there are also critical differences in the diagnosis and management of HIV-associated TB, compared to TB in HIV-uninfected patients. To prevent deaths, the diagnosis and treatment of TB in people with HIV (PWH) needs to occur without delay. Non-sputum-based samples are important to fill the diagnostic yield gap created by challenges obtaining sputum, and reduced sensitivity of sputum diagnostics in PWH. Management of rifampicin-susceptible HIV-associated TB remains a 6month regimen initially with four drugs; an alternative 4month rifapentine and moxifloxacin containing regimen cannot be used in certain PWH (those with CD4 count <100 cells/mm<sup>3</sup>) and is currently not widely available. Management of rifampicin-resistant TB now involves a 6month all-oral regimen for most patients, including PWH. While significant gains have recently been made toward decreasing mortality from HIV-associated TB, there are many ongoing challenges, some of which are being addressed in active clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147970844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ibrahim Abubakar, Jeremiah Chakaya, David Hui, Alimuddin Zumla
{"title":"Tuberculosis Infection: Diagnosis and Management.","authors":"Ibrahim Abubakar, Jeremiah Chakaya, David Hui, Alimuddin Zumla","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041803","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tuberculosis (TB) infection remains the largest reservoir sustaining the global TB epidemic and a critical target for TB elimination. Contemporary evidence has fundamentally reframed TB infection from a static latent state to a dynamic spectrum encompassing early clearance, contained infection, incipient disease, and asymptomatic TB, with heterogeneous risks of progression. This review synthesizes evidence on the natural history, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and programmatic management of TB infection. It reviews World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended diagnostic tools, including interferon-γ release assays and antigen-specific skin tests, and highlights the limitations of current tests in predicting individual progression. Advances in TB preventive treatment, particularly short-course rifamycin-based regimens and evidence-based preventive therapy for drug-resistant TB exposure, are examined alongside persistent implementation gaps across the prevention cascade. The article also addresses priority populations, ethical considerations, and emerging research directions, including prognostic biomarkers, postexposure vaccines, and digital innovations. Effective TB infection management is presented as a central, integrated pillar of future TB elimination strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13532527/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148027700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davina B Oludipe, Xiaoqing Du, Samia Akter, Chen Zhang, R Lee Mosley, Howard E Gendelman, Susmita Sil
{"title":"Innate Immunity and Parkinson's Disease.","authors":"Davina B Oludipe, Xiaoqing Du, Samia Akter, Chen Zhang, R Lee Mosley, Howard E Gendelman, Susmita Sil","doi":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041640","DOIUrl":"10.1101/cshperspect.a041640","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of both dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic neurons associated with the accumulation of α-synuclein aggregates and signs of neuroinflammation. This inflammatory aspect of PD neuropathology has led to the hypothesis that the immune system, both adaptive and innate, contributes to the neurodegenerative process. While the adaptive immune system is discussed in detail in another article in this collection, this review focuses on the innate immune system, which includes monocytes, macrophages, microglia, and dendritic cells. We will also discuss the increasingly recognized link between genetic and immune response and the cross talk between peripheral and central immune cells, and its contribution to the overall immune response in PD. Finally, we will propose therapeutic strategies aimed at modulating immunity for neuroprotective and disease-modifying benefits in PD and related disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":10452,"journal":{"name":"Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13138326/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144309657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}