SeriesFusion | Life SciencesLife Sciences papers published by SeriesFusion.https://seriesfusion.comA human cell can swell roughly 250-fold while keeping enough internal structure for an ordinary microscope to resolve molecular architecture.https://seriesfusion.com/paper/cw_1132af3e5bb04e370d3ahttps://seriesfusion.com/paper/cw_1132af3e5bb04e370d3aStructural cell biology by mega-expansion microscopy | Cell Biology. Original: 10.64898/2026.08.05.743040Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTCell Biologycell-biologyOne water molecule appears for billionths of a second inside a light sensor, cutting a proton-transfer barrier by 20 kilocalories per mole.https://seriesfusion.com/paper/cw_639fe2fc9d718f2144d2https://seriesfusion.com/paper/cw_639fe2fc9d718f2144d2Covalent bond formation caught in a LOV photoreceptor | Cell Biology. Original: 10.64898/2026.08.02.742302Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTCell Biologycell-biologySixteen synthetic viruses grew from AI-written genomes, and several outcompeted the natural phage that supplied their evolutionary starting point.https://seriesfusion.com/paper/cw_a4df4f26e5073ba02f01https://seriesfusion.com/paper/cw_a4df4f26e5073ba02f01Generative design of bacteriophages with genome language models. | Microbiology & Immunology. Original: 10.1126/science.aec2657Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTMicrobiology & Immunologymicrobiology-immunologyExome data from more than one million people linked rare FNIP1-disrupting variants to healthier metabolism and roughly 60 percent lower odds of cardiometabolic disease. Human liver cells and high-fat-fed mice also pointed to the FNIP1 pathway as a regulator of lipid breakdown, liver fat, and insulin sensitivity.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42557317/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42557317/FNIP1 variants are associated with favourable metabolism in 1 million humans | Genetics. Original: 42557317Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTGeneticsgeneticsMitochondria count haem before cells make proteins, using an ancient stress relay that reaches from an inner-membrane protease to the ribosome.https://seriesfusion.com/paper/cw_71b89fb8eab12a8268e4https://seriesfusion.com/paper/cw_71b89fb8eab12a8268e4An ancient mitochondrial program tunes translation to haem availability. | Cell Biology. Original: 10.1038/s41586-026-10885-xFri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTCell Biologycell-biologyWater trapped inside a solid nanopore stayed liquid while the surrounding electrolyte froze. That nanoconfined pocket slowed molecular passage by up to roughly 400-fold, opening deeply subzero timescales to real-time single-molecule measurement.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.04.742915https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.04.742915A nanoconfined liquid-in-ice aqueous regime for time-stretched single-molecule dynamics | Cell Biology. Original: 10.64898Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTCell Biologycell-biologyAn unloaded adult heart restarted cardiomyocyte proliferation around injured tissue. A nonpumping transplant model linked that response to epicardial NRG1, cardiomyocyte ERBB4 and STAT3, and H6pd-driven nucleotide supply.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42557396/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42557396/Mechanical unloading promotes adult cardiomyocyte proliferation through epicardial NRG1-ERBB4 signaling | Cell Biology. Original: 42557396Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTCell Biologycell-biologyThe Neanderthal growth hormone receptor drove faster cell proliferation under pituitary growth hormone. Some people still carry the receptor variant and tend toward greater muscle mass and several Neanderthal-like craniofacial traits.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42556345/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42556345/Increased signaling of the Neanderthal growth hormone receptor | Evolution & Organismal Biology. Original: 42556345Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEvolution & Organismal Biologyevolution-organismalSaxifraga candelabrum catches insects on glandular hairs, digests them, and moves their nitrogen into its tissues. Field tests, enzyme assays, isotope labeling, and genomic comparisons confirm a carnivorous flowering plant Darwin suspected might exist.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42552312/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42552312/Identification of carnivory in the flowering plant Saxifraga via multidisciplinary evidence | Plants & Agriculture. Original: 42552312Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTPlants & Agricultureplants-agricultureTiny calcified spheres appear in cardiovascular tissue before obvious disease. The study traces them to platelet delta granules across mammals, birds, and lizards, proposing an early step in cardiovascular calcification.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.01.742085https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.01.742085Biomineralization from platelet δ-granules as the origin of cardiovascular calcification in humans and other animals | Cell Biology. Original: 10.64898Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTCell Biologycell-biologyA shrinking worm embryo scales its spindle while chromosome movement holds steady. Imaging, laser ablation, electron tomography, and modeling tie spindle length to cortical forces and cell size while central spindle microtubules preserve segregation dynamics.https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7923379/v1https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7923379/v1Cell size reduction drives spindle scaling but not chromosome segregation in C. elegans | Cell Biology. Original: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7923379/v1Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTCell Biologycell-biologyA tobacco carcinogen increased APOBEC3B signature mutations one hundredfold. The effect required APOBEC3B and functional nucleotide excision repair, left paired mutations within 32 nucleotides, and appeared more often in tumors from smokers.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.18.633716https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.18.633716Tobacco smoke-induced DNA adducts sensitize genomes to APOBEC mutagenesis and carcinogenesis through nucleotide excision repair | Genetics. Original: 10.1101Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTGeneticsgenetics