Gaoyang Li, Yadong Liu, Anqi Zhang, Xiaoyi Lin, Zheng Hu, Bo Liu, Long Qian, Yadong Wang
{"title":"Structural variant detection across sequencing technologies.","authors":"Gaoyang Li, Yadong Liu, Anqi Zhang, Xiaoyi Lin, Zheng Hu, Bo Liu, Long Qian, Yadong Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03332-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-026-03332-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Structural variants (SVs) are a major source of genomic diversity, yet their discovery remains challenging due to repetitive genomic contexts, alignment ambiguity and the trade-off between sequencing cost and read length. Here we introduce HitSV, which implements repetitiveness- and signature-density-aware breakpoint recognition coupled with precise haplotype-resolved local assembly, thereby enabling base-resolution SV reconstruction and genotyping in various sequencing technologies. On the HG002 benchmark, HitSV achieved 15-72% (long read), 10-36% (short read) and 12% (hybrid sequencing), respectively, higher genotype F1 scores than state-of-the-art SV callers. Applied to the 1KGP phase 4 cohort, HitSV expanded the SV callset by 31.5%, substantially reshaping allele-frequency landscapes. In a large Chinese long-read cohort, HitSV uncovered tandem-repeat-mobile-element composite arrays as a prevalent, multi-allelic class of complex SVs, highlighting composite repeat architectures as an important and previously underrecognized contributor to human structural variation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149195697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proteomic aging clocks go to trial.","authors":"Neil A Robertson, Tamir Chandra","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03361-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-026-03361-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149183478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuang Chen, Julia Monkovic, Haseeb Mughal, Binlong Chen, Elina Thadhani, Patrick McMullen, Ava Self, Yuxuan Chen, Yizong Hu, Samuel Detmer, Min Chen, Anna Lapteva, Ria Kamat, Ashley Vernon, Robert Langer, Daniel G Anderson
{"title":"In vivo engineering of CAR natural killer cells for immunotherapy using ligand-directed lipid nanoparticles.","authors":"Yuang Chen, Julia Monkovic, Haseeb Mughal, Binlong Chen, Elina Thadhani, Patrick McMullen, Ava Self, Yuxuan Chen, Yizong Hu, Samuel Detmer, Min Chen, Anna Lapteva, Ria Kamat, Ashley Vernon, Robert Langer, Daniel G Anderson","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03310-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-026-03310-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Targeted lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) offer a nonviral approach for in vivo cell engineering but efficient programming of natural killer (NK) cells remains underexplored. Here we develop NK cell-targeted LNPs (NtLNPs) using engineered biparatopic NK cell ligands to drive receptor-specific uptake and mRNA delivery. Lead NtLNPs achieve up to ~80% NK cell transfection with minimal off-target effects in mice. Systemic delivery of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) mRNA using NtLNPs generates CAR NK cells in vivo. CD19-targeted CAR NKs completely deplete circulating B cells in healthy mice and CD3-targeted CAR NKs eliminate nearly all autoreactive T cells in an autoimmune hepatitis model, highlighting a potential advantage over CAR T therapies for T cell-driven disease. In solid tumors, NtLNPs targeting the inhibitory checkpoint NKG2A enhance antitumor efficacy by relieving Qa-1<sup>b</sup>-mediated immunosuppression. Lastly, we optimized NtLNPs for in vivo engineering of human CAR NK cells, enabling regression of two humanized hematologic malignancy models and establishing NtLNPs as a modular immunotherapy system.</p>","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149183456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yunfang Yu, Yan Zhang, Yanjun Xu, Cai Wen, Li Li, Tao Yu
{"title":"The global patent landscape of CRISPR–Cas applications in medicine","authors":"Yunfang Yu, Yan Zhang, Yanjun Xu, Cai Wen, Li Li, Tao Yu","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03337-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41587-026-03337-4","url":null,"abstract":"An analysis of the CRISPR–Cas patent landscape is essential for understanding applications in depth and overcoming challenges strategically, thereby supporting a safer integration of CRISPR–Cas into clinical practice.","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":"44 10","pages":"1606-1615"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149164669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ten years, tens of millions of cells","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03365-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41587-026-03365-0","url":null,"abstract":"As the Human Cell Atlas project enters its second decade, the question is no longer whether we can map human cells, it is what we will do with the map.","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":"44 10","pages":"1587-1588"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03365-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149169917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RevMed’s pancreatic cancer drug first","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03363-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41587-026-03363-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":"44 10","pages":"1591-1591"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149167283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biotech news from around the world","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03347-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41587-026-03347-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":"44 10","pages":"1594-1594"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149167377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expanding global access to synthetic biology","authors":"Prakriti Karki, Sudarshan GC","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03338-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41587-026-03338-3","url":null,"abstract":"Democratizing synthetic biology requires reducing costs, improving logistics and distribution, developing local expertise, and motivating educators and students.","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":"44 10","pages":"1736-1740"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149168574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genome editing","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41587-026-03324-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41587-026-03324-9","url":null,"abstract":"Recent patents relating to systems, methods and compositions for use in genome editing.","PeriodicalId":19084,"journal":{"name":"Nature biotechnology","volume":"44 10","pages":"1616-1616"},"PeriodicalIF":44.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149166252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}