Nature MedicinePub Date : 2025-05-16DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03697-5
Jane Muncke, Mathilde Touvier, Leonardo Trasande, Martin Scheringer
{"title":"Health impacts of exposure to synthetic chemicals in food","authors":"Jane Muncke, Mathilde Touvier, Leonardo Trasande, Martin Scheringer","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03697-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03697-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Humans are widely exposed to synthetic chemicals, especially via food. The types of chemical contaminants in food (including food contact chemicals) are diverse, and many of these are known to be hazardous, with mounting evidence that some contribute to noncommunicable diseases. The increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods, which contain synthetic chemicals, also contributes to adverse health. If the chemical contamination of foods were better characterized, then this issue would likely receive more attention as an important opportunity for disease prevention. In this Review, we discuss types and sources of synthetic food contaminants, focusing on food contact chemicals and their presence in ultra-processed foods. We outline future research needs and highlight possible responses at different food system levels. A sustainable transition of the food system must address the health impacts of synthetic chemicals in food; we discuss existing solutions that do justice to the complexity of the issue while avoiding regrettable substitutions and rebound effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"124 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144066176","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 : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1038/d41591-025-00031-x
{"title":"Measles to become endemic in the USA if vaccination rates continue to fall","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41591-025-00031-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41591-025-00031-x","url":null,"abstract":"A modeling study predicts a resurgence of previously eliminated infectious diseases, including measles, rubella, poliomyelitis and diphtheria, if current child vaccination rates continue to fall — with measles being the first to reach endemic levels.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143979486","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 : 2025-05-13DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03710-x
Hans Clevers
{"title":"Parallel worlds in pharma and academia","authors":"Hans Clevers","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03710-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03710-x","url":null,"abstract":"Pharma and academia require different ways of working and speaking, but teamwork always wins.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"123 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143940420","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 : 2025-05-12DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03712-9
Ebba Sohlberg, Karl-Johan Malmberg
{"title":"The innate power of natural killer cells in cancer therapy","authors":"Ebba Sohlberg, Karl-Johan Malmberg","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03712-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03712-9","url":null,"abstract":"A promising phase 1 trial with patients with refractory Hodgkin lymphoma underscores the potential value of allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell therapy guided by NK cell-specific engagers.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143933405","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 : 2025-05-12DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03679-7
Peter J. Goadsby, Jessica Ailani, David W. Dodick, Amaal J. Starling, Chengcheng Liu, Yingyi Liu, Sung Yun Yu, Jonathan H. Smith, Elimor Brand-Schieber, Joel M. Trugman
{"title":"Ubrogepant for the treatment of migraine prodromal symptoms: an exploratory analysis from the randomized phase 3 PRODROME trial","authors":"Peter J. Goadsby, Jessica Ailani, David W. Dodick, Amaal J. Starling, Chengcheng Liu, Yingyi Liu, Sung Yun Yu, Jonathan H. Smith, Elimor Brand-Schieber, Joel M. Trugman","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03679-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03679-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>PRODROME was a phase 3, placebo-controlled, double-blind crossover trial evaluating whether ubrogepant 100 mg, a calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist, dosed during the premonitory (prodromal) phase of migraine, prevented development of headache and resolved prodromal symptoms. Qualifying prodromal events were defined as attacks with symptoms in which the participant was confident headache would follow within 1–6 h. Of 1,087 screened participants, 477 formed the efficacy analysis population. Outcomes were collected across 48 h showing, for example, at 2 h post-dose, absence of photophobia in 19.5% and 12.5% of ubrogepant- and placebo-treated events, respectively (odds ratio (OR) = 1.72 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13–2.61)); at 3 h post-dose, absence of fatigue occurred in 27.3% and 16.8% (OR = 1.85 (95% CI = 1.17–2.92)) and absence of neck pain in 28.9% and 15.9% (OR = 2.04 (95% CI = 1.25–3.32)) of events; at 4 h post-dose, absence of phonophobia in 50.7% and 35.8% (OR = 1.97 (95% CI = 1.38–2.80)) of events; and at 24 h post-dose, absence of dizziness in 88.5% and 82.3% (OR = 1.82 (95% CI = 1.00–3.30)) of events. At 1 h and 6 h post-dose, respectively, absence of difficulty concentrating occurred in 8.7% and 2.1% (OR = 4.26 (95% CI = 1.17–15.54)) and absence of difficulty thinking occurred in 56.9% and 41.8% (OR = 2.05 (95% CI = 1.14–3.71)) of events. Treatment with ubrogepant during the prodromal phase may ameliorate common prodromal symptoms, with improvements possibly as early as 1 h post-dose.</p>","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143940542","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 : 2025-05-09DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03714-7
{"title":"Artificial intelligence improves breast cancer detection in mammography screening","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03714-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03714-7","url":null,"abstract":"Integrating artificial intelligence into routine mammography screening for breast cancer can increase the number of breast cancers detected without increasing the number of women recalled for further evaluation of suspicious findings.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143927156","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 : 2025-05-09DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03696-6
{"title":"Three decades of global dietary iron deficiency trends and disparities across populations","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03696-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03696-6","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past three decades, dietary iron deficiency has remained a persistent global health burden, with notable disparities across age, sex and regions. This study tracks global trends from 1990 to 2021, identifying high-risk populations and offering insights for targeted public health interventions.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143927157","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 : 2025-05-08DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03633-7
Nathalie L. Albert, Norbert Galldiks, Benjamin M. Ellingson, Martin J. van den Bent, Susan M. Chang, Francesco Cicone, Eng-Siew Koh, Ian Law, Emilie Le Rhun, Maximilian J. Mair, Jan-Michael Werner, Anna S. Berghoff, Julia Furtner, Giuseppe Minniti, Andrew M. Scott, Susan C. Short, Jana Ivanidze, Derek R. Johnson, Bogdana Suchorska, Nelleke Tolboom, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Antoine Verger, Eva Galanis, Priscilla K. Brastianos, Patrick Y. Wen, Michael Weller, Nancy U. Lin, Matthias Preusser
{"title":"RANO criteria for response assessment of brain metastases based on amino acid PET imaging","authors":"Nathalie L. Albert, Norbert Galldiks, Benjamin M. Ellingson, Martin J. van den Bent, Susan M. Chang, Francesco Cicone, Eng-Siew Koh, Ian Law, Emilie Le Rhun, Maximilian J. Mair, Jan-Michael Werner, Anna S. Berghoff, Julia Furtner, Giuseppe Minniti, Andrew M. Scott, Susan C. Short, Jana Ivanidze, Derek R. Johnson, Bogdana Suchorska, Nelleke Tolboom, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Antoine Verger, Eva Galanis, Priscilla K. Brastianos, Patrick Y. Wen, Michael Weller, Nancy U. Lin, Matthias Preusser","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03633-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03633-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Novel diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities are needed to improve medical care and outcome of patients with brain metastases, a frequent and severe complication of several cancer types. Currently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the primary method used for detection, treatment planning and disease monitoring in patients with brain metastases, but this method has limitations. These limitations mean that MRI can inform on lesion size but cannot directly measure the activity or viability of tumor tissue. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, however, can visualize metabolically active tumor cells and is therefore increasingly incorporated into cancer care to assess tumor burden and response to treatment. Here, we define the PET Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) for brain metastasis (BM) 1.0 criteria for metabolic response assessment of brain metastases using amino acid PET. By introducing an innovative endpoint for next-generation clinical trials, the PET RANO BM 1.0 criteria aim to facilitate development of novel therapies for patients with brain metastases.</p>","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"104 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143920055","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 : 2025-05-07DOI: 10.1038/d41591-025-00030-y
{"title":"The trials that could transform treatment for serious liver disease","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/d41591-025-00030-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41591-025-00030-y","url":null,"abstract":"After years of false starts, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis is finally seeing therapeutic breakthroughs — from the first approved drug to candidates that reverse cirrhosis.","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143915795","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 : 2025-05-07DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03654-2
Edward Jackson, Andrea Dennis, Naim Alkhouri, Niharika Samala, Raj Vuppalanchi, Arun J. Sanyal, Mark Muthiah, Rajarshi Banerjee, Amitava Banerjee
{"title":"Cardiac and liver impairment on multiorgan MRI and risk of major adverse cardiovascular and liver events","authors":"Edward Jackson, Andrea Dennis, Naim Alkhouri, Niharika Samala, Raj Vuppalanchi, Arun J. Sanyal, Mark Muthiah, Rajarshi Banerjee, Amitava Banerjee","doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-03654-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03654-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cardiovascular disease and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease are common conditions associated with high mortality and morbidity, yet opportunities for integrated prevention are underinvestigated. We explored the association between impairment in the liver (defined by increased iron-corrected T1 (cT1) time) and/or heart (reduced left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 50) and risk of experiencing cardiovascular- or liver-related events or all-cause mortality among 28,841 UK Biobank participants who underwent magnetic resonance imaging. Using Cox proportional hazard models, adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia, we observed that cardiac impairment was associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular events (hazard ratio (HR) 2.3 (1.9–2.7)) and hospitalization (HR 2.1 (1.8–2.4)). Liver impairment was associated with incident cardiovascular hospitalization (cT1 ≥ 800 ms, HR 1.3 (1.1–1.5)), liver events (cT1 ≥ 875 ms, HR 9.2 (3.2–26) and hospitalization (cT1 ≥ 875 ms, HR 5.5 (3.2–9.3). Associations between cT1 and liver events were maintained in participants with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (<i>N</i> = 6,223). Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (≤50) combined with elevated cT1 (≥800 ms) were associated with earlier cardiovascular events (time to event 0.8 versus 2.4 years; <i>P</i> < 0.05). Cardiac and liver impairment are independently, or in combination, associated with cardiovascular or liver events, suggesting a dual role for magnetic resonance imaging in integrated prevention pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":19037,"journal":{"name":"Nature Medicine","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":82.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143915793","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}