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  1. 1. Coronavirus circulation and cross-species transmission in European bats: a new paradigm in betacoronaviruses

    Bats are major reservoir hosts of coronaviruses (CoVs), yet the ecological mechanisms governing CoV circulation and cross-species transmission remain poorly understood, particularly in Europe.

    Verdict: Notable█████░░░░░4.5
  2. 2. NoiTox: A Machine Learning Strategy for Peptide Toxicity Prediction Reveals Label Noise in Benchmark Datasets

    Peptide toxicity remains a major bottleneck in drug development, as small sequence variations can drastically alter cytotoxic profiles.

    Verdict: Notable████░░░░░░4.4

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  1. bioRxivby Wang, Cao, Dang +5

    SubcellPert: Benchmarking Subcellular Perturbation Prediction

    Perturbations change both RNA abundance and intracellular organization, but gene-count predictors omit the positions needed to model spatial responses.

    No.05Verdict: NotableScore████░░░░░░4.3

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