Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03698-4
{"title":"PD-L1 and the dawn of modern cancer immunotherapy","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03698-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03698-4","url":null,"abstract":"Lieping Chen describes how his discoveries with PD-L1 yielded life-saving treatments for several cancers.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-05-02DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03694-8
Josef Coresh, Salim S. Virani, Rebecca F. Gottesman
{"title":"Targeting blood pressure to protect the brain","authors":"Josef Coresh, Salim S. Virani, Rebecca F. Gottesman","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03694-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03694-8","url":null,"abstract":"According to a large, cluster-randomized clinical trial, controlling blood pressure helps protect the brain from dementia — adding to previous results from this study demonstrating reductions in stroke, heart disease and mortality.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143898183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03643-5
Bethany Kotlar, Henning Tiemeier
{"title":"The quandary of high-quality evaluation in complex child welfare systems","authors":"Bethany Kotlar, Henning Tiemeier","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03643-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03643-5","url":null,"abstract":"A randomized controlled trial of a family-focused intervention for children in care in England and Scotland takes a bold step in filling the gap in high-quality evaluation of child welfare, but novel trial designs will be required to truly know what is best for children.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9
Karen Crawford, Robin Young, Philip Wilson, Manuela Deidda, Matt Forde, Susanne Millar, Alex McConnachie, Kathleen Boyd, Emma McIntosh, Dennis Ougrin, Marion Henderson, Christopher Gillberg, Gary Kainth, Fiona Turner, Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Helen Minnis
{"title":"Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial","authors":"Karen Crawford, Robin Young, Philip Wilson, Manuela Deidda, Matt Forde, Susanne Millar, Alex McConnachie, Kathleen Boyd, Emma McIntosh, Dennis Ougrin, Marion Henderson, Christopher Gillberg, Gary Kainth, Fiona Turner, Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Helen Minnis","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Children entering foster care are at high risk of poor mental health. In this single-blind, cluster-randomized phase 3 trial, 382 families with 488 0–5-year-old children, entering foster care, were randomized to the New Orleans Intervention Model (NIM) or social work services as usual (SAU). NIM offers infant mental health assessment (~3 months) and treatment (6–9 months) to children and to their birth and foster families, aiming to improve child mental health and recommend return home or adoption. The principal outcome was child mental health, as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Total Difficulties (SDQ-TD) scale at 2.5 years after study entry. In total, 286 families (149 NIM and 137 SAU, 367 children) were followed-up (79.4%). Intention-to-treat analysis found no intervention effect of NIM: mean (s.d.) SDQ-TD NIM, 11.5 (7.6); SAU, 11.1 (7.2); adjusted mean difference (NIM − SAU), 1.4; 95% confidence interval (−0.63, 3.53); <i>P</i> = 0.17. No within-trial effects for primary or secondary outcomes were observed. Despite its components being delivered to a high standard, the UK legal context surrounding NIM led to it being impossible to deliver to all eligible families, and less than 70% of families received the intervention to which they were randomized. Future research will be required to evaluate NIM in more favorable social and legal contexts. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT02653716.</p>","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03684-w
Pastor E. Pérez-Estigarribia, Gabriel Ribeiro dos Santos, Simon Cauchemez, Cynthia Vazquez, Ana Karina Ibarrola-Vannucci, Guillermo Sequera, Shirley Villalba, María José Ortega, Jose Luis Di Fabio, Danny Scarponi, Christinah Mukandavire, Arminder Deol, Águeda Cabello, Elsi Vargas, Cyntia Fernández, Liz León, Henrik Salje
{"title":"Modeling the impact of vaccine campaigns on the epidemic transmission dynamics of chikungunya virus outbreaks","authors":"Pastor E. Pérez-Estigarribia, Gabriel Ribeiro dos Santos, Simon Cauchemez, Cynthia Vazquez, Ana Karina Ibarrola-Vannucci, Guillermo Sequera, Shirley Villalba, María José Ortega, Jose Luis Di Fabio, Danny Scarponi, Christinah Mukandavire, Arminder Deol, Águeda Cabello, Elsi Vargas, Cyntia Fernández, Liz León, Henrik Salje","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03684-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03684-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A licensed chikungunya vaccine now exists; however, it remains unclear whether it could be deployed during outbreaks to reduce the health burden. We used an epidemic in Paraguay as a case study. We conducted a seroprevalence study and used models to reconstruct epidemic transmission dynamics, providing a framework to assess the theoretical impact of a vaccine had it been available. We estimated that 33.0% (95% confidence interval (CI) 30.1–36.0%) of the population became infected during the outbreak. Of these individuals, 6.3% (95% CI 5.8–6.9%) were detected by the surveillance system, with a mean infection fatality ratio of 0.013% (95% CI 0.012–0.014%). A disease-blocking vaccine with 75% efficacy deployed in 40% of individuals aged ≥12 years over a 3-month period would have prevented 34,200 (95% CI 30,900–38,000) cases, representing 23% of all cases, and 73 (95% CI 66–81) deaths. If the vaccine also leads to infection blocking, 88% of cases would have been averted. These findings suggest that the vaccine is an important new tool to control outbreaks.</p>","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03695-7
{"title":"Transmission through a heavy-tailed sexual contact network explains the New York City mpox outbreak","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03695-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03695-7","url":null,"abstract":"An interdisciplinary analysis revealed that the 2022 mpox outbreak in New York City was initiated by dozens of introductions of mpox virus into New York City. Epidemic modeling suggests that infection of highly connected individuals in a heavy-tailed sexual contact network explains the rapid rise and fall of the outbreak.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143890193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1038/d41591-025-00029-5
{"title":"Progress with stem cell therapy in Parkinson’s disease","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41591-025-00029-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41591-025-00029-5","url":null,"abstract":"Two early-phase trials demonstrate the safety of stem cell-based therapies in patients with Parkinson’s disease and suggest promising clinical activity — paving the way for larger efficacy studies.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"104 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143890250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low-voltage-area ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled trial","authors":"Masaharu Masuda, Akihiro Sunaga, Nobuaki Tanaka, Tetsuya Watanabe, Hitoshi Minamiguchi, Yasuyuki Egami, Takafumi Oka, Tomoko Minamisaka, Takashi Kanda, Masato Okada, Masato Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Koji Tanaka, Tomomi Yamada, Shungo Hikoso, Tomoharu Dohi, Koichi Inoue, Yohei Sotomi, Yasushi Sakata","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03674-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03674-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Low-voltage areas (LVAs) in the left atrium may promote atrial fibrillation (AF), but the efficacy of LVA ablation for preventing arrhythmia has not been determined. In the present study, we carried out a multicenter, randomized controlled trial (SUPPRESS-AF) to investigate the efficacy of LVA ablation in patients with persistent AF who had left atrial LVAs. Patients with persistent AF and left atrial LVAs that covered ≥5 cm<sup>2</sup> of the left atrial surface on a voltage map after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) were randomized to undergo LVA ablation (PVI + LVA-ABL group) or not (PVI-alone group) in a 1:1 fashion. Recurrence of AF or atrial tachycardia (AT) was monitored using 24-h Holter electrocardiography (ECG) and twice-daily portable ECG recordings. The primary endpoint was freedom from AF or AT recurrence without antiarrhythmic drug use during 1 year of follow-up. Of 1,347 patients (1,003 males and 344 females) who underwent initial ablation for AF, patients with left atrial LVAs were assigned to the PVI + LVA-ABL (<i>n</i> = 170) or the PVI-alone group (<i>n</i> = 171). Although the PVI + LVA-ABL group demonstrated a numerically higher rate of freedom from AF or AT recurrence compared with the PVI-alone group (61% (95% confidence interval (CI) = 53–68%) versus 50% (95% CI = 42–57%)), this difference did not reach statistical significance (<i>P</i> for log(rank) test = 0.127). There was no difference in the procedure-related serious adverse events between the two groups (1.7% versus 1.8%, <i>P</i> < 0.0001). In conclusion, LVA ablation in addition to PVI did not significantly reduce 1-year AF or AT recurrence in patients with persistent AF with left atrial LVAs. Future studies are needed to identify patients who may receive greater benefit from LVA ablation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"223 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143890190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03669-9
Marta Guasch-Ferré, Clemens Wittenbecher, Marie Palmnäs, Orly Ben-Yacov, Ellen E. Blaak, Christina C. Dahm, Tove Fall, Berit L. Heitmann, Tine R. Licht, Marie Löf, Ruth Loos, Chirag J. Patel, Carmelo Quarta, Leanne M. Redman, Eran Segal, Nicola Segata, Michael Snyder, Qi Sun, Deirdre K. Tobias, Frank B. Hu, Paul W. Franks, Rikard Landberg, Jennifer L. Sargent, Jordi Merino
{"title":"Precision nutrition for cardiometabolic diseases","authors":"Marta Guasch-Ferré, Clemens Wittenbecher, Marie Palmnäs, Orly Ben-Yacov, Ellen E. Blaak, Christina C. Dahm, Tove Fall, Berit L. Heitmann, Tine R. Licht, Marie Löf, Ruth Loos, Chirag J. Patel, Carmelo Quarta, Leanne M. Redman, Eran Segal, Nicola Segata, Michael Snyder, Qi Sun, Deirdre K. Tobias, Frank B. Hu, Paul W. Franks, Rikard Landberg, Jennifer L. Sargent, Jordi Merino","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03669-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03669-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Precision nutrition is a vibrant and rapidly evolving field of scientific research and innovation with the potential to deliver health, societal and economic benefits by improving healthcare delivery and policies. Advances in deep phenotyping technologies, digital tools and artificial intelligence have made possible early proof-of-concept research that expands the understanding of within- and between-person variability in responses to diet. These studies illustrate the promise of precision nutrition to complement the traditional ‘one size fits all’ dietary guidelines, which, while considering broad life-stage and disease-specific nutritional requirements, often lack the granularity to account fully for individual variations in nutritional needs and dietary responses. Despite these developments, however, considerable challenges remain before precision nutrition can be implemented on a broader scale. This Review examines the current state of precision nutrition research, with a focus on its application to reducing the incidence and burden of cardiometabolic diseases. We critically examine the evidence base, explore the potential benefits and discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead.</p>","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143890191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}