Nature Medicine, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04167-8
The Translational Research and Innovation Laboratory (TRAIL) model for accelerating discovery through a shared institutional resource- January 21, 2026
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Nature Medicine, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04129-0
Ancestry-aware genomic analyses of 6,011 people from the Mexican Biobank characterized allele frequency variation in 42,769 clinically relevant variants across Mexico, accounting for local ancestry and fine-scale geography. Results are accessible through a web-based application, MexVar, to enable data exploration and to foster biomedical research in Hispanic populations.- January 21, 2026
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Nature Medicine, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04142-3
Rising demand for dialysis poses a central challenge to universal health coverage systems: not just whether to expand access, but how to sustain equitable, high-quality kidney failure care. In this Comment, I argue that long-term viability depends on system architecture, rather than modality choice alone.- January 21, 2026
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Nature Medicine, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04187-4
The first Nature Portfolio Commission Report outlines paths to sustainable dialysis policies, robust evidence-to-policy translation and south–south collaboration.- January 21, 2026
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- January 20, 2026
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Nature Medicine, Published online: 20 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04151-2
MedHELM, an extensible evaluation framework including a new taxonomy for classifying medical tasks and a benchmark of many datasets across these categories, enables the evaluation of large language models on real-world clinical tasks.- January 20, 2026
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Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04176-7
In a trial involving 2,069 patients and 111 clinicians across 24 disciplines, patients performing a preconsultation session with an LLM-powered chatbot had a significantly lower consultation time and both patients and clinicians reported improved communication and satisfaction.- January 19, 2026
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Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04140-5
Upregulation of the ventral tegmental area via neurofeedback is associated with a stronger immune response to hepatitis B virus vaccination, and VTA upregulation is achieved through conscious positive expectations.- January 19, 2026
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Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04168-7
A randomized trial provides direct human evidence that the placebo effect can shape humoral immunity, showing that reward-related brain activity correlates with vaccine-induced antibody production and opening new avenues for treating many medical conditions.- January 19, 2026
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Nearly 1,000 food industry professionals will gather in Kalamazoo, Mich., March 24–25, 2026 for the WMU Food Marketing Conference. The event blends executive insight, emerging talent and timely topics—from AI to health and wellness—shaping food and CPG marketing.
- January 16, 2026
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