DMM Journal

Disease Models & Mechanisms - discovery for human health. A @Co_Biologists Open Access journal that publishes human disease research.

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Join researchers working on #PediatricCancer at our Meeting this October at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA.
Organisers: James Amatruda, Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay, Ana Banito & Elaine Mardis

Register at https://t.co/9lIaazI2N7
Early-bird deadline: 19 June 2026

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We are proud to be sponsoring the @cclguk symposium on the developmental origins of paediatric cancers at @TheCrick on Monday! Our Senior Editor @KirstyHooper13 we will be at our table, so visit her to chat & pick up some goodies

https://t.co/2vSlCOkq1n

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In this new paper Hiramuki, Jones & co show that cre-reporter mouse lines expressing human DUX4 regulatory elements can be used as discovery tools for developmental processes and mechanisms underlying #FSHD (Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy)

https://t.co/J4zGQX73ko

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Claudia Kleinman @ClaudiaKleinman is speaking on 'From robust cell fates to plastic states: Lineage constraints in pedi brain tumors' at our Journal Meeting in October #DMM2026cancer #pediatriccancer

Register to attend: https://t.co/0j7lbL09do

Early-bird deadline: 19 June 2026

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Hats off to the winner of our 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize for Resources & Methods articles - Victoria Ektnitphong @ UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ektnitphong and colleagues describe a humanized lung-on-a-chip model that offers new insights into TB.
https://t.co/3J1Pp5w1JA

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In this new paper Kolesnikova, Ellederova & co generate a knock-in minipig model with an expanded HTT allele to recapitulate early molecular characteristics of #Huntingtonsdisease, providing a valuable platform for evaluating emerging therpaies

📰 https://t.co/dOaITiytw4

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🏆 Congratulations to the DMM 2025 Outstanding Paper Prize winner for Research Articles: Joshua D. Ginzel @Duke University School of Medicine. Read our Editorial to learn more about the winner & their research.
https://t.co/JnQPPaMIW9

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@ElDon_SonSon Thank you for trusting DMM with your Review. It was great working with you.

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Weekend read: head to @preLights website and read a preprint about the mechanisms underlying sex-specific vulnerabilities to prenatal stress, chosen by Alice Gennevois, Ariane Delisle, uMontreal Neuro preLighters.
Prelight: https://t.co/z1Pe61KbgF
Preprint https://t.co/X56IAwJqT9

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Lena Kutscher @Lena_Kutscher is speaking on '2D and 3D models of embryonal brain tumor initiation' at our Journal Meeting this October #DMM2026cancer #pediatriccancer

Register to attend: https://t.co/YDKL7uCFZu

Early-bird deadline: 19 June 2026

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Congratulations to DMM Editorial Advisory Board member Paul Riley (https://t.co/7fwCxgD2B2) on being elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society.

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ASCL1 can’t always make neurons alone…

In this 2‑minute #Short, Jethro @lundie_brown explains how chromatin priming and co‑factors shape cell fate decisions in embryonic stem cells. #StemCells #DevBio

https://t.co/elaFmCpXZV

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Check out the latest Editor's Choice from Carbrera, Mohamed, Gorelick & co on how folate & magnesium supplementation can prevent developmental toxicity caused by a common #HIV drug in #zebrafish

Highlight and article:
⚡ https://t.co/wlUovBszad
📰 https://t.co/zjrvvjxbw7

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JCS congratulates our Editor-in-Chief Michael Way on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. https://t.co/PS7wS4NNQK

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“One never really knows when a basic science finding will transform translational research… ”
From comparison to mechanism: decoding heart regeneration https://t.co/22iUC9KSJq via @the_Node

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Timothy Phoenix @timphoenixUC is speaking on 'Modeling CNS tumors to advanced basic and translational discoveries' at our Journal Meeting this October #DMM2026cancer #pediatriccancer #cancer

Register to attend: https://t.co/0j7lbL0H2W

Early-bird deadline: 19 June 2026

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In our April Patient Voice feature, we spoke with Liz and Jay Scott about Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation—their mission, the collaborative efforts between physicians, researchers, families, and patient advocates, and their vision for the future.

https://t.co/QJYpdUmtTw

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Mimi Bandopadhayay is speaking on 'Anti-transformation screens identify mediators of oncogenic transformation as novel therapeutic targets for pediatric brain tumors' at our Journal Meeting #cancer

Register to attend: https://t.co/0j7lbL09do

Early-bird deadline: 19 June 2026

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Weekend read: head to @preLights website and read a preprint about Sun2 role in mechanosensing-driven extracellular matrix production and lung fibrosis, chosen by Beth Chopak.

Prelight: https://t.co/edZNyc6YcP
Preprint: https://t.co/PSnYqSpa6N

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For anyone with an interest in (embryonic) stem cells, developmental biology and neuroscience. A short short for you...

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ASCL1 can’t always make neurons alone…

In this 2‑minute #Short, Jethro @lundie_brown explains how chromatin priming and co‑factors shape cell fate decisions in embryonic stem cells. #StemCells #DevBio

https://t.co/elaFmCpXZV

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Progressive myoclonus epilepsy type 1 involves upregulated immune‑response genes, reduced oxidative phosphorylation and disrupted lysosomal function (with lysosomal genes activated and those required for acidification suppressed).

Malyutina, Joensuu & co
https://t.co/JX8HWgPGR7