Jincan Che , Yu Wang , Li Feng , Claudia Gragnoli , Christopher Griffin , Rongling Wu
{"title":"High-order interaction modeling of tumor-microenvironment crosstalk for tumor growth","authors":"Jincan Che , Yu Wang , Li Feng , Claudia Gragnoli , Christopher Griffin , Rongling Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Signaling interactions between cancer cells and nonmalignant cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) are believed to influence tumor progression and drug resistance. However, the genomic machineries mediating such an influence remain elusive, making it difficult to determine therapeutic targets on the tumor and its microenvironment. Here, we argue that a computational model, derived from the integration of evolutionary game theory and ecosystem theory through allometric scaling law, can chart the genomic atlas of high-order interaction networks involving tumor cells, TME, and tumor mass. We assess the application of this model to identify the causal influence of gene-induced tumor-TME crosstalk on tumor growth. The findings demonstrate that cooperation and competition between tumor cells and their infiltrating microenvironment promote or inhibit tumor growth in diverse ways. We identify specific genes that govern this promotion or inhibition, which can be used as genetic targets to alter tumor growth. This model opens up a new avenue to precisely infer the genomic underpinnings of tumor-TME interactions and their impact on tumor progression from any omics data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 11-23"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116392","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}
Sandra Grinschgl , Manuel Ninaus , Guilherme Wood , Aljoscha C. Neubauer
{"title":"To enhance or not to enhance: A debate about cognitive enhancement from a psychological and neuroscientific perspective","authors":"Sandra Grinschgl , Manuel Ninaus , Guilherme Wood , Aljoscha C. Neubauer","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The enhancement of humans’ core cognitive abilities–such as intelligence–is a frequently debated topic in scientific and public discourse. Different enhancement methods such as cognitive trainings, smart drugs, and brain stimulation techniques have been proposed and tested to enhance human’s cognition. In this narrative review, we summarize the main psychological and neuroscientific findings regarding those cognitive enhancement methods. We thereby distinguish passive (e.g., smart drugs) and active enhancement methods (e.g., working memory training)–which require different levels of agency. While for both forms of enhancement there is no (or only little) empirical evidence on their effectiveness to improve overall cognitive abilities, passive methods entail severe risks. Thus, we criticize promoting an overly optimistic view on especially passive enhancement. Furthermore, we highlight which individuals might be willing to enhance themselves, related motivational aspects of cognitive enhancement, and ethical considerations thereof. To raise awareness for the (in)effectiveness and risks of passive and active enhancement, we propose a category framework that distinguishes cognitive enhancement from clinical methods to treat disorders or diagnosed deficits and introduces important dimensions thereof. Finally, we present open questions for psychological and neuroscientific research which should become part of enhancement debates. Taken together, our narrative review provides a broad overview and critical assessment of enhancement-related topics such as effectiveness and risks of enhancement methods, motivational aspects to apply enhancement, and societal implications of cognitive enhancement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 58-77"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144170412","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":"Testing hypotheses on the major/minor dichotomy: movement, consonance/dissonance, and (the lack of) cross-species evidence. Comment on “The Major-Minor Mode Dichotomy in Music Perception” by Giulio Carraturo, Victor Pando-Naude, Marco Costa, Peter Vuust, Leonardo Bonetti, Elvira Brattico","authors":"Nicola Di Stefano , Andrea Ravignani","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143936932","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":"“ABMs are dead, long live G-ABMs!”, or a roadmap for opinion dynamics studies","authors":"Laura Hernández","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 314-315"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905874","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":"Are kinematic encoding and kinematic readout reciprocal phenomena? - Comment on \"Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behavior\" by Cristina Becchio, Kiri Pullar, Eugenio Scaliti, Stefano Panzeri","authors":"Rocco Mennella , François Quesque","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143924736","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":"Diverse mathematical approaches to Alzheimer's disease","authors":"Parimita Roy","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 316-317"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143922939","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":"MUSIC SELF-PROJECTION IN A MINOR MODE Comment on “The Major-Minor Mode Dichotomy in Music Perception” by Giulio Carraturo, Victor Pando-Naude, Marco Costa, Peter Vuust, Leonardo Bonetti, Elvira Brattico","authors":"Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells , Clement François","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 312-313"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143904273","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":"Paradox or illusion? A comment on “The paradox of the self-studying brain” by Battaglia, Servajean, and Friston","authors":"Chris Fields","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 310-311"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894353","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":"Revolutionizing dynamic microbiome network analysis via idopNetworks: Comment on “Topological change of soil microbiota networks for forest resilience under global warming” by Gong et al.","authors":"Hongzhe Li","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 303-304"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143882912","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}
Sandro M. Reia, Dieter Pfoser, Henrique F. de Arruda
{"title":"Opportunities and challenges of LLMs in urban science","authors":"Sandro M. Reia, Dieter Pfoser, Henrique F. de Arruda","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 305-306"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888166","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}