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Wed · 29 Apr 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-04-29

Window: 2026-04-28T09:00:00Z → 2026-04-29T09:00:00Z (CRDT) Topics scanned: 10 | Articles reviewed: ~95 candidates | Candidates evaluated: 16 scored High priority: 3 | Standard: 10 | Low/archive: 3 | Unsolicited finds: 0 Run status: PARTIAL_SUCCESS


🔴🟠 HIGH PRIORITY (score ≥8 or NOVEL_TREATMENT / EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION flag)

Rare Diseases with High Unmet Need

TR-2026-04-29-001 / PMID 42049986 · Excellent outcomes using novel RIC + post-transplant cyclophosphamide for HLA-matched related HSCT in adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease · 9/10 · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT
Prospective multicenter study (N=25, median FU 42 months): 5-yr EFS 96%, 2-yr OS 100%, zero graft failures, grade III-IV acute GVHD only 4% — addresses critical unmet need for adult SCD patients where optimal conditioning has been undefined and outcomes inferior to pediatric cohorts.
Bone Marrow Transplantation · Alasbali R, Alzahrani M, Kassim AA, AlAhmari A et al. · doi:10.1038/s41409-026-02876-3

AI/ML in Clinical Diagnostics and Imaging

TR-2026-04-29-002 / PMID 42050390 · GPND-AI NULISA: A 15-Protein AI classifier for diagnosis and co-pathology profiling across neurodegenerative diseases · 8/10 · 🟢 NEAR_TERM_IMPLEMENTABLE
Plasma proteomic AI classifier achieving AUC 0.955, 92.3% accuracy across Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, FTD, and Lewy body dementia simultaneously, including co-pathology profiling; externally validated against neuropathology-confirmed diagnoses.
Alzheimer's & Dementia · Xu Y, Cruchaga C et al. (Washington University / Banner) · doi:10.1002/alz.71420

Novel Therapeutics: Targeted Therapy

TR-2026-04-29-003 / PMID 42050152 · The clinical landscape of HIF2α inhibitors in oncology · 7/10 + 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT
Nat Rev Clin Oncol review by Choueiri et al. (Dana-Farber/Harvard) synthesizing belzutifan's multiple FDA approvals (VHL disease, ccRCC, PHEO/PGL) + emerging agents (casdatifan, NKT2152, RNAi) + Phase 3 LITESPARK-011 data (belzutifan+lenvatinib vs cabozantinib); resistance mechanisms and on-target toxicity management.
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology · Saad E, Machaalani M, McDermott DF, Choueiri TK · doi:10.1038/s41571-026-01145-y


🟢⚪ STANDARD (score 5–7) — Top by Topic

Hematologic Malignancies

Cardiovascular-Metabolic: SGLT2 / Cardiometabolic

Aging / Longevity / Immunosenescence

Rare Diseases


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

None this run. Off-watchlist items (capsule endoscopy 3D modeling, children's self-care DL, dental radiograph DL) scored <4 and discarded.


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

By watchlist topic (reviewed / kept / highest score):

Topic Reviewed Kept Highest
Hematologic malignancies 5 4 STANDARD 6
Early cancer detection / liquid biopsy 2 1 HIGH, 1 STANDARD 7
AI/ML clinical diagnostics 5 1 HIGH, 3 LOW 8
Novel therapeutics / immunotherapy 4 1 HIGH, 2 STANDARD 7
Cardiometabolic / GLP-1 / SGLT2 3 2 STANDARD 5
Precision oncology 2 2 STANDARD 5
Aging / longevity 2 1 STANDARD, 1 LOW 5
Rare diseases 6 1 HIGH, 3 STANDARD, 1 LOW 9
CBC/ML hematology 2 0 4
Sentinel scan 3 2 STANDARD 5

By source type: peer_reviewed 16 | preprint 0

Topics with zero 8+ articles this run: Hematologic malignancies (standalone), Cardiometabolic, Aging/longevity, CBC/ML hematology, Precision oncology, Sentinel scan


🔧 RUN NOTES